US 12,289,350 B2
Electronic conferencing
Xudong Liu, Campbell, CA (US); Huan He, Mountain View, CA (US); Nelson M. Leduc, San Jose, CA (US); Nicholas J. Circosta, Mountain View, CA (US); and Daniel B. Pollack, Cupertino, CA (US)
Assigned to Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on Sep. 24, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/485,273.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/189,148, filed on May 15, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/143,714, filed on Jan. 29, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0247752 A1, Aug. 4, 2022
Int. Cl. H04L 65/1069 (2022.01); A63F 13/79 (2014.01); A63F 13/87 (2014.01); G06F 16/955 (2019.01); H04L 9/40 (2022.01); H04L 12/18 (2006.01); H04L 51/046 (2022.01); H04L 51/212 (2022.01); H04L 51/52 (2022.01); H04L 65/403 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 65/1069 (2013.01) [A63F 13/79 (2014.09); A63F 13/87 (2014.09); G06F 16/9566 (2019.01); H04L 12/1813 (2013.01); H04L 12/1818 (2013.01); H04L 12/1822 (2013.01); H04L 51/046 (2013.01); H04L 51/212 (2022.05); H04L 51/52 (2022.05); H04L 63/0421 (2013.01); H04L 63/0442 (2013.01); H04L 63/06 (2013.01); H04L 63/102 (2013.01); H04L 63/108 (2013.01); H04L 65/403 (2013.01)] 23 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
by one or more servers:
receiving a request from a device to contact an account via a service, wherein the request includes a service-specific alias for the account, wherein the service-specific alias is configured for contact with one or more devices associated with the account via a set of services, and the service comprises a communications service that facilitates communications between user devices;
obtaining a stored set of services for the service-specific alias, wherein the stored set of services are defined by a device associated with the account and the stored set of services comprises a set of multiple different communications services, obtained for the service-specific alias, that each facilitate communications between user devices;
in response to determining that the service is included in the stored set of services, allowing contact with the one or more devices associated with the account; and
in response to determining that the service is not included in the stored set of services, denying the request.