	US 12,407,662 B2
	Encrypted shared state for electronic conferencing
Daniel B. Pollack, Cupertino, CA (US); Jingyao Zhang, Sunnyvale, CA (US); Jose A. Lozano Hinojosa, San Jose, CA (US); Emad Omara, San Jose, CA (US); Yilmaz Can Cecen, Seattle, WA (US); Angus N. Burton, San Mateo, CA (US); and Blerim Cici, San Jose, CA (US)
Assigned to Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on Jul. 16, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/774,739.
Application 18/774,739 is a division of application No. 17/707,926, filed on Mar. 29, 2022, granted, now 12,069,036.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/189,152, filed on May 15, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0372843 A1, Nov. 7, 2024
Int. Cl. H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04L 9/08 (2006.01); H04L 9/16 (2006.01); H04L 9/40 (2022.01)

CPC H04L 63/065 (2013.01) [H04L 9/0861 (2013.01); H04L 9/16 (2013.01); H04L 63/0428 (2013.01)]

20 Claims

1. A method comprising:

joining, by a first participant device, an ongoing group communications session that includes a shared experience session, the ongoing group communications session including at least a second participant device;

obtaining a first encryption key for decrypting upcoming encrypted user communications data for the ongoing group communications session;

obtaining, by the first participant device, a second encryption key for the shared experience session;

obtaining encrypted shared state data for the shared experience session;

decrypting the encrypted shared state data using the second encryption key; and

providing, by the first participant device, the shared state data to an application running on the first participant device.