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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
May. 26, 2020

Filed:

Aug. 21, 2018
Applicant:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Inventors:

Ahmad Rahmati, Mountain View, CA (US);

Natalia A. Fornshell, Campbell, CA (US);

Aarti Kumar, Los Altos, CA (US);

Assignee:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 24/08 (2009.01); H04L 12/26 (2006.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 24/08 (2013.01); H04L 43/062 (2013.01); H04L 43/087 (2013.01); H04L 43/0829 (2013.01); H04L 65/602 (2013.01); H04L 65/80 (2013.01);
Abstract

A source device can transmit initial streaming content to a playback device (e.g., wireless ear buds) using first settings and measure playback performance of the content at a plurality of times. The measured performance values can relate to a quality of communication of the initial streaming content between the source device and the playback device, e.g., relating to packet loss, retransmission rates and patterns, fluctuations in a playback (jitter) buffer, and/or other values. The measured performance values can be used to determine one or more second settings to be used for a playback of subsequent streaming content between the source device and the playback device. In this manner, each source device can account for variations in communication behavior specific to a user (e.g., due to differences in body type as electromagnetic waves travel through the body when a source device is in a pocket).


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