Apple patents handoff method for seamless call continuation
Apple has been granted a patent for a method that allows a communication session to move from one device to another without interruption. The system works by having the original device send an advertisement message, which a new device uses to verify its identity before taking over the call.
In the filing’s own words
Aspects of the subject technology include transmitting, by a first device, an advertisement message corresponding to a communications session the first device is participating in with at least a second device. The first device may receive, during the communications session, a communications session control message generated by a third device. The communications session control message may include information contained in the advertisement message. The first device may validate the third device based on the communications session control message and remove the first device from the communications session in response to successfully validating the third device.
What exactly they claim (claim 1)
1. A method comprising: transmitting, by a first device, an advertisement message corresponding to a communications session the first device is participating in with at least a second device; receiving, by the first device and during the communications session, a communications session control message generated by a third device, the communications session control message comprising information contained in the advertisement message; validating, with the first device, the third device based on the communications session control message; and removing the first device from the communications session in response to successfully validating the third device, wherein removing the first device comprises causing initiation of a handoff of the communications session to the third device to enable seamless continuation of the communications session.
Facts
- Company
- Apple (Apple Inc.)
- Official title
- Seamless continuation of communication sessions
- Patent number
- US12757267B2
- Application number
- 18113584
- Filed
- Feb 23, 2023
- Granted
- Oct 6, 2026
- Inventors
- 10
- Claims
- 21
Classified under
H04W 76/14 Electricity & electronicsH04W 48/10 Electricity & electronicsH04W 76/15 Electricity & electronicsH04L 12/1822 Electricity & electronicsH04L 65/403 Electricity & electronicsMore from Apple in Networks & wireless
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Summaries are simplified from the filing’s own abstract and first claim. A patent filing is not a product announcement.
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