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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:
Sep. 15, 2020

Filed:

Oct. 10, 2016
Applicant:

Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Nabarun Goswami, Bangalore, IN;

Madhvesh Sulibhavi, Bangalore, IN;

Assignee:

SONY CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04N 21/2387 (2011.01); H04N 21/6587 (2011.01); H04N 21/4788 (2011.01); H04N 21/81 (2011.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01); H04N 21/234 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 65/602 (2013.01); H04L 65/604 (2013.01); H04N 21/2387 (2013.01); H04N 21/4788 (2013.01); H04N 21/6587 (2013.01); H04N 21/8113 (2013.01); H04L 67/12 (2013.01); H04N 21/23406 (2013.01);
Abstract

A system and method for data communication is disclosed, which includes a first electronic device configured to receive an input to enable selection of a multimedia content item on the first electronic device. The selected multimedia content item is communicated, by the first electronic device, to a second electronic device along with playback controls. Playback of the selected multimedia content item may be controlled at the first electronic device and the second electronic device based on synching of the communicated playback controls during the playback. The control is performed such that a current playback time of the selected multimedia content item is in sync at the first electronic device and the second electronic device.


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