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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 18, 2023
Filed:
Mar. 29, 2022
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Thomas Alsina, Mountain View, CA (US);
Taylor G. Carrigan, San Francisco, CA (US);
Szu-Wen Huang, Union City, CA (US);
Eric S. Lee, Mountain View, CA (US);
William M. Bachman, San Jose, CA (US);
Jeffrey L. Robbin, Los Altos, CA (US);
Steve S. Gedikian, Redwood City, CA (US);
Nicholas J. Paulson, San Francisco, CA (US);
Gregory R. Chapman, San Jose, CA (US);
David P. Saracino, San Francisco, CA (US);
Steven P. Bischoff, San Jose, CA (US);
APPLE INC., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
Methods and systems provide synchronized sharing of multimedia between multiple devices. The multiple devices may form an ad-hoc network for sharing of multimedia. In an embodiment, group members may have playlist manipulation privileges such as pausing, rewinding, fast forwarding, or adding tracks to the playlist. A system may stream or distribute content according to the shared playlist. Playback may be synchronized for group members so that everyone is exposed to a same part of the content as the same time.