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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 18, 2020
Filed:
May. 31, 2019
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
Laxmi Narsimha Rao Kakulamarri, Redmond, WA (US);
Edward Sumanaseni, Sammamish, WA (US);
Egidio Sburlino, Seattle, WA (US);
MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Methods and devices for aggregating a plurality of display devices in communication with a computer device and representing the display devices as a single audio endpoint may include receiving audio data from an application. The methods and devices may include combining the audio data for the plurality of display devices in communication with the computer device into an audio buffer with a size determined by a total number of audio channels of the plurality of display devices. The methods and devices may include partitioning the audio buffer into sections and identifying a subset of the sections of the audio buffer that correspond to each of the plurality of display devices. The methods and devices may include transmitting the subset of the sections of the audio buffer that correspond to each of the plurality of display devices.