Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Synchronized playback and control of media
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Application No.: US17707576Application Date: 2022-03-29
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Publication No.: US11706729B2Publication Date: 2023-07-18
- Inventor: Thomas Alsina , Taylor G. Carrigan , Szu-Wen Huang , Eric S. Lee , William M. Bachman , Jeffrey L. Robbin , Steve S. Gedikian , Nicholas J. Paulson , Gregory R. Chapman , David P. Saracino , Steven P. Bischoff
- Applicant: Apple Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Cupertino
- Assignee: APPLE INC.
- Current Assignee: APPLE INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Cupertino
- Agency: BakerHostetler
- The original application number of the division: US15425068 2017.02.06
- Main IPC: H04W56/00
- IPC: H04W56/00 ; H04L67/104 ; G06F3/16 ; H04N21/4363 ; H04N21/439 ; H04N21/4788 ; H04N21/482 ; H04N21/43 ; H04L65/60 ; H04W4/08 ; H04W84/18

Abstract:
Methods and systems provide synchronized sharing of multimedia between multiple devices. The multiple devices may form an ad-hoc network for sharing of multimedia. In an embodiment, group members may have playlist manipulation privileges such as pausing, rewinding, fast forwarding, or adding tracks to the playlist. A system may stream or distribute content according to the shared playlist. Playback may be synchronized for group members so that everyone is exposed to a same part of the content as the same time.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220295436A1 SYNCHRONIZED PLAYBACK AND CONTROL OF MEDIA Public/Granted day:2022-09-15
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