The Cupertino-based tech giant has recently been awarded a patent that describes such a technology, which at first glance appears to work similarly to how other third-party apps enable wireless data transfers between devices.
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Apple’s system is called “Proximity and tap detection using a wireless system” and was approved on June 26, after being filed on September 7, 2017. The abstract section of the patent provides a deeper look at how the whole thing could work:
“A method for detecting the proximity of a signal source using wireless systems is contemplated in which a wireless mobile device wirelessly receives packets from a signal source and determines a received signal strength for each packet.
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