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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 13, 2022
Filed:
May. 20, 2021
Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Fnu Rohit Kumar, San Jose, CA (US);
Snehalata Joshi, Fremont, CA (US);
Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Abstract
A system and method to manage handover between wireless audio devices (such as earbuds) of primary responsibility for communicating with a third device such as a phone or tablet. A first wireless audio output device manages communications between a third device and a second wireless audio output device. The wireless audio output devices determine the signal quality of the connection between them. If that signal quality drops below a threshold, the wireless audio output devices determine the rate of change of that signal quality. If that quality is dropping rapidly, the wireless audio output devices check to see which has the better connection to the third device. If the second wireless audio output device has a better connection to the third device than that of the first wireless audio output device, then the wireless audio output devices can trigger a handover from the first wireless audio output device to the second wireless audio output device.