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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:
Jan. 10, 2023

Filed:

Aug. 28, 2020
Applicant:

Google Llc, Mountain View, CA (US);

Inventors:

Christopher Chan, San Francisco, CA (US);

Kenneth J. MacKay, Mountain View, CA (US);

James Carroll West, Mountain View, CA (US);

Assignee:

Google LLC, Mountain View, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/485 (2011.01); H04N 21/262 (2011.01); H04N 21/8547 (2011.01); H04N 21/81 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/4852 (2013.01); H04N 21/26225 (2013.01); H04N 21/8106 (2013.01); H04N 21/8547 (2013.01);
Abstract

Methods, systems, and media for providing dynamic media sessions with audio stream expansion features are provided. In some embodiments, the methods include: receiving an indication that audio content associated with a video content item is to be presented by a follower device synchronously with the audio content presented by the leader device; identifying candidate follower devices by determining whether devices connected to a local area network are capable of being designated as a follower device; causing a user interface to be presented that indicates each candidate follower device; receiving, via the user interface, a selection of one of the candidate follower devices; and transmitting, from the leader to the selected follower device, control instructions that cause the audio content associated with the video content item to be presented synchronously by the selected follower device with the video content item presented by the leader device.


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