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Title:
ユーザをオンラインセッションにマッチングさせるための装置及び方法
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2013528980
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:
An apparatus, method, and machine-readable medium are described for establishing peer-to-peer (“P2P”) communication channels. In particular, in one embodiment, a matchmaker service performs a series of operations to service match requests received from a group of mobile devices. In one embodiment, the matchmaker service groups the match requests into matchable sets based on the application for which the requests are received and one or more variables associated with the application. Match requests within each match set can then be matched based on variables such as the NAT type, connection type and language associated with each of the mobile devices. Other variables such as geographical location, experience level, and age of the match requests may also be used to render match decisions.

Inventors:
Warner Jeremy Matthew
Smith philip
Viroth Andrew H
Gates patrick
Application Number:
JP2013503727A
Publication Date:
July 11, 2013
Filing Date:
September 23, 2010
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Assignee:
Apple Inc.
International Classes:
H04L12/70; H04L12/46; H04M1/00; H04M11/00; H04W76/00
Domestic Patent References:
JP2008118599A2008-05-22
JP2007301045A2007-11-22
JP2010021863A2010-01-28
Foreign References:
US20090086745A12009-04-02
WO2008103103A22008-08-28
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Koichi Tsujii
Sadao Kumakura
Fumiaki Otsuka
Takaki Nishijima
Hiroshi Uesugi
Naoki Kondo