Method for resuming playing audio and system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12563259-B2
Application number	US-202218284473-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 22, 2022
Priority date	Mar 29, 2021
Publication date	Feb 24, 2026
Grant date	Feb 24, 2026

Abstract

This application provides a method for continuing playback of audio. In the method, a wearable device can send a MAC address of a mobile device paired with the wearable device to a remote control device, the remote control device sends the MAC address of the mobile device to an electronic device, the electronic device sends playback information of current playback content on the electronic device to the mobile device based on the MAC address of the mobile device, and the mobile device can resume playing, based on the playback information, an audio of the playback content that is being played on the electronic device.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A method, comprising:
receiving, by a wearable device, a first input of a user; generating, by the wearable device, a first key based on the first input; sending, by the wearable device, a first message to a remote control device through a first antenna, wherein the first message comprises the first key, a first maximum transmitting distance of the first antenna is a first transmitting distance, and the first transmitting distance is shorter than a preset transmitting distance; sending, by the remote control device, a first response message corresponding to the first message to the wearable device; sending, by the wearable device, a media access control (MAC) address of a mobile device paired with the wearable device to the remote control device, wherein the remote control device is configured to control an electronic device, and wherein sending, by the wearable device, the MAC address of the mobile device to the remote control device comprises:
sending, by the wearable device to the remote control device through a second antenna, the MAC address of the mobile device that is encrypted using the first key to obtain an encrypted MAC address, wherein a second maximum transmitting distance of the second antenna is a second transmitting distance, and the second transmitting distance is shorter than the first transmitting distance;
decrypting, by the remote control device by using the first key, the encrypted MAC address of the mobile device to obtain the MAC address of the mobile device; sending, by the remote control device, the MAC address of the mobile device to the electronic device; sending, by the electronic device, playback information of current playback content on the electronic device to the mobile device based on the MAC address of the mobile device, wherein the current playback content comprises a video or an audio/video; and resuming playing, by the mobile device based on the playback information, an audio corresponding to the current playback content by using the wearable device.

2 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the playback information comprises at least one of a name of the current playback content, an identifier of the current playback content, a playback progress of the current playback content, a resource link of the current playback content, a playback type of the current playback content, or a uniform resource locator (URL) format that is of a resource and that corresponds to the resource link of the current playback content.

3 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the MAC address of the mobile device comprises a Bluetooth MAC address of the mobile device; and
before sending, by the wearable device, the MAC address of the mobile device paired with the wearable device to the remote control device, the method further comprises: obtaining, by the wearable device, the Bluetooth MAC address of the mobile device in a process of establishing a Bluetooth channel with the mobile device.

4 . The method according to claim 3 , wherein sending, by the electronic device, the playback information of the current playback content on the electronic device to the mobile device based on the MAC address of the mobile device comprises:
establishing, by the electronic device, the Bluetooth channel with the mobile device based on the Bluetooth MAC address of the mobile device; and sending, by the electronic device, the playback information to the mobile device through the Bluetooth channel between the electronic device and the mobile device.

5 . The method according to claim 4 , wherein the MAC address of the mobile device further comprises a Wi-Fi MAC address of the mobile device, and the method further comprises:
sending, by the wearable device, a Wi-Fi MAC address request message to the mobile device through the Bluetooth channel between the wearable device and the mobile device; and sending, by the mobile device, a Wi-Fi MAC address response message to the wearable device through the Bluetooth channel between the wearable device and the mobile device, wherein the Wi-Fi MAC address response message comprises the Wi-Fi MAC address of the mobile device; and wherein sending, by the electronic device, the playback information of the current playback content on the electronic device to the mobile device based on the MAC address of the mobile device, comprises:
establishing, by the electronic device, a Wi-Fi channel with the mobile device based on the Wi-Fi MAC address of the mobile device; and
sending, by the electronic device, the playback information to the mobile device through the Wi-Fi channel.

6 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the mobile device communicates wirelessly with the wearable device.

7 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the current playback content comprises video.

8 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the current playback content comprises audio/video.

9 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the preset transmitting distance is based on information security.

10 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the playback information comprises a playback progress of the current playback content; and
wherein resuming playing, by the mobile device based on the playback information, the audio corresponding to the current playback content by using the wearable device comprises: resuming playing, by the mobile device based on the playback information, the audio corresponding to the current playback content by using the wearable device from a playback moment indicated by the playback progress of the current playback content.

11 . A system, comprising:
a mobile device; an electronic device; a remote control device; and a wearable device, configured to:
receive a first input of a user;
generate a first key based on the first input;
send a first message to the remote control device through a first antenna, wherein the first message comprises the first key, a first maximum transmitting distance of the first antenna is a first transmitting distance, and the first transmitting distance is shorter than a preset transmitting distance;
wherein the remote control device is configured to:
send a first response message corresponding to the first message to the wearable device;
wherein the wearable device is further configured to:
send a media access control (MAC) address of the mobile device to the remote control device, wherein the mobile device is paired with the wearable device, the remote control device is configured to control the electronic device, and wherein sending the MAC address of the mobile device to the remote control device comprises:
sending, to the remote control device through a second antenna, the MAC address of the mobile device that is encrypted using the first key to obtain an encrypted MAC address, wherein a second maximum transmitting distance of the second antenna is a second transmitting distance, and the second transmitting distance is shorter than the first transmitting distance;
wherein the remote control device is further configured to:
decrypt, by using the first key, the encrypted MAC address of the mobile device to obtain the MAC address of the mobile device; and
send the MAC address of the mobile device to the electronic device;
wherein the electronic device is configured to:
send playback information of current playback content on the electronic device to the mobile device based on the MAC address of the mobile device, wherein the current playback content comprises a video or an audio/video; and
wherein the mobile device is configured to:
resume playing, based on the playback information, an audio corresponding to the current

Assignees

• Huawei Tech Co Ltd

Inventors

• Xue Qingfeng
• Yang Jiachen

Classifications

• H04N21/835

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• H04N21/439

  Processing of audio elementary streams · CPC title

• H04N21/4126

  The peripheral being portable, e.g. PDAs or mobile phones · CPC title

• H04N21/43615

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• H04W12/047

  without using a trusted network node as an anchor · CPC title