US 12,446,060 B2
Efficient discovery of edge computing servers
Babar Qaisrani, Issaquah, WA (US); Teck Yang Lee, Cupertino, CA (US); Rohan C. Malthankar, San Jose, CA (US); Samy Touati, Pleasanton, CA (US); Rafael L. Rivera-Barreto, Miami, FL (US); Vijay Venkataraman, San Jose, CA (US); and Krisztian Kiss, Rancho Santa Fe, CA (US)
Assigned to Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on Jun. 20, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/337,598.
Application 18/337,598 is a continuation of application No. 17/205,590, filed on Mar. 18, 2021, granted, now 11,723,056.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/993,923, filed on Mar. 24, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0422280 A1, Dec. 28, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04W 72/54 (2023.01); H04W 12/69 (2021.01); H04W 24/02 (2009.01); H04W 48/16 (2009.01); H04W 48/18 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 72/54 (2023.01) [H04W 12/69 (2021.01); H04W 24/02 (2013.01); H04W 48/16 (2013.01); H04W 48/18 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
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1. An apparatus, comprising:
a processor configured to, when executing instructions stored in a non-transitory memory, perform operations comprising:
performing authorization for connecting to an edge server;
subsequently, generating an edge compute request for transmission to the edge server, wherein the edge compute request indicates one or more criteria for the edge compute request; and
receiving a response to the edge compute request including a portion of information, wherein the portion of information includes an indication of one or more edge application servers for the edge compute request.