Apple patents system for tracking service events across devices
Apple has filed a patent for a method where a device runs a service and checks a list of possible events related to that service. It then signs up for specific events and processes reports when those events happen, either from the local service or from other connected parts.
In the filing’s own words
An apparatus configured to execute computer code to perform a service, process a list of available events, wherein the events are related to the service, generate a request to register for an event from the list of available events and process an event report based on the registered event, wherein the event report is received from the service executed by the apparatus or via signaling from a further component.
What exactly they claim (claim 1)
1. An apparatus comprising processing circuitry configured to: execute computer code to perform a service; process a list of available events, wherein the events are related to the service; generate a request to register for an event from the list of available events; and process an event report based on the registered event, wherein the event report is received from the service executed by the apparatus or via signaling from a further component.
Facts
- Company
- Apple (Apple Inc.)
- Official title
- Event Registration and Reporting Across Entities
- Publication number
- US20260270748A1
- Application number
- 19073662
- Filed
- Mar 7, 2025
- Published
- Sep 10, 2026
- Inventors
- 3
- Claims
- 20
Classified under
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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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