Alternative transport mechanism selection
US8706037B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 11, 2013 |
| Grant date | Apr 22, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 11, 2033 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04W84/18
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Generally, aspects of the present disclosure are directed to techniques for determining a transport mechanism to transfer data peer-to-peer between computing devices. One or more alternative transport mechanisms supported by both a first computing device and a second computing device may be determined. The first computing device may determine whether to use one of near-field communication (NFC) and one of the one or more alternative transport mechanisms as a transport mechanism to transfer data between the first computing device and the second computing device based at least in part on at least one attribute of the data to be transferred. Data may be transferred between the first computing device and the second computing device using the transport mechanism.
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