Apple patents method for telling networks how long AI tasks take
Apple describes a way for devices to measure how long it takes to switch an AI model into a state where it can process data. The device then sends this timing information to the network so the system knows when the AI is ready to work.
In the filing’s own words
The present application relates to devices and components including apparatus, systems, and methods for handling processing time for artificial intelligence function switching and/or activation.
What exactly they claim (claim 1)
1. A method comprising: identifying a user equipment (UE) capability for a processing delay associated with transitioning an artificial intelligence or machine learning (AI/ML) model to an inference state to perform an inference; and generating, for transmission to a network, a message to indicate the processing delay.
Facts
- Company
- Apple (Apple Inc.)
- Official title
- PROCESSING TIME FOR ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE FUNCTION SWITCHING AND ACTIVATION
- Publication number
- US20260300776A1
- Application number
- 19551543
- Filed
- Feb 26, 2026
- Published
- Oct 1, 2026
- Inventors
- 8
- Claims
- 20
Classified under
G06N 5/04 Physics & computingMore from Apple in AI & software
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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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