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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 09, 2020
Filed:
Jan. 03, 2019
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Lei Li, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Xiaojun Chen, San Jose, CA (US);
Vusthla Sunil Reddy, Cupertino, CA (US);
Peter M. Agboh, Burlingame, CA (US);
Mohit Narang, Cupertino, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
Exemplary embodiments include a system having a first wireless audio output device and a second wireless audio output device. One of the first or second audio output devices is configured to one of connect as a slave to a source device in a first piconet and connect as a master to the other one of the first or second audio output devices in a second piconet. The one of the first or second wireless audio output devices determines whether an audio packet transmitted by the source device via the first piconet was received by the first wireless audio output device and the second wireless audio output device, and, when at least one of the first wireless audio output device or the second wireless audio output device did not receive the audio packet, the audio packet is exchanged between the first and second wireless audio output devices via the second piconet.