Apple Granted a Patent for iDevices transitioning to a Vehicle or Home Network
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office officially published a series of 50 newly granted patents for Apple Inc. today. In this particular report Apple's newly granted patent covers their invention relating to an iDevice such as an iPhone detecting a vehicle network advertisement beacon over a first communication channel. The vehicle network advertisement beacon indicates wireless network capabilities of a wireless networking device hosting a wireless network in a vehicle. Responsive to detecting the vehicle network beacon over the first communication channel, a handoff process for migrating the multifunction device from a first wireless network to the wireless network in the vehicle is performed. A vehicle could be a car, boat or airplane. The vehicle in FIG. 3 would appear to be an autonomous vehicle due to the door design, though this isn't described as such in the patent. Apple's patent also extends to an iDevice communicating with a smart home network. Apple's patent FIG. 3 illustrates a multifunction device interacting with network resources of a vehicle; FIG. 5 below illustrates a multifunction device interacting with network resources of an aircraft; FIG. 6 illustrates a vehicle transition module for interacting with network resources of a vehicle. Apple's patent FIG. 3 illustrates a multifunction device interacting with network resources of a vehicle; FIG. 5 below illustrates a multifunction device interacting with network resources of an aircraft; FIG. 6 illustrates a vehicle transition module for interacting with network resources of a vehicle.
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