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Architecture for content awareness and control among peer-to-peer communication devices
US8990364B2 · US · B2
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Publication number | US-8990364-B2 |
| Application number | US-201213588311-A |
| Country | US |
| Kind code | B2 |
| Filing date | Aug 17, 2012 |
| Priority date | Apr 26, 2012 |
| Publication date | Mar 24, 2015 |
| Grant date | Mar 24, 2015 |
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Apparatus and methods for collaboratively presenting content that is distributed among a plurality of communication devices are disclosed. The method includes providing a control service at a player device to enable communicatively coupled controller devices to control playback of media on the player device, and creating a single play queue at the player device that includes identifiers of media content selected by the controller devices. A stream of particular media content from one of the multiple source devices is received when the particular media content is identified at a top of the single play queue, the particular media content is rendered at the player device, and the rendered media content is presented to users associated with the controller devices.
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What is claimed is: 1. A system for playing media content with communication devices that include wireless source devices, wireless player devices, and wireless controller devices, the system comprising: a plurality of separate wireless source devices each storing media content, each of the separate wireless source devices providing a media service to enable communication devices that are remote from the wireless source devices to identify and retrieve the media content; at leas…
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- What does patent US8990364B2 cover?
- Apparatus and methods for collaboratively presenting content that is distributed among a plurality of communication devices are disclosed. The method includes providing a control service at a player device to enable communicatively coupled controller devices to control playback of media on the player device, and creating a single play queue at the player device that includes identifiers of medi…
- Who is the assignee on this patent?
- Spencer Brian J, Kinneberg Steven J, Johnsgard Todd, and 1 more
- What technology area does this patent fall under?
- Primary CPC classification H04L67/104. Mapped technology areas include Electricity.
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- Publication date Tue Mar 24 2015 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (B2). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
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