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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 09, 2024
Filed:
Apr. 05, 2022
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Deepak Iyer, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Thomas Alsina, Burlingame, CA (US);
Edward T. Schmidt, Burlingame, CA (US);
Elena Leyfman, Los Gatos, CA (US);
David P. Saracino, Alameda, CA (US);
Astrid Yi, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Adam A. Sonnanstine, San Francisco, CA (US);
Jonathan A. Bennett, San Francisco, CA (US);
Gregory R. Chapman, San Jose, CA (US);
Aparna S. Akella, Mountain View, CA (US);
Shreyas Nandagudi Sreesha, Los Altos, CA (US);
Johannes P. Schmidt, Los Altos Hills, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
In some implementations, a system can be configured to allow remote control devices to quietly obtain status information related to various audio/video playback devices. For example, a streaming device (e.g., a user device, phone, etc.) can establish a streaming connection to a playback device. The playback device can be configured to only accept a single streaming connection (i.e., master connection). A remote control device (e.g., a user device, phone, etc.) can quietly connect (i.e., control connection) to the playback device without interrupting the master connection to obtain status information related to the playback device and or the media being streamed to the playback device. The remote control device can provide commands through the control connection to adjust the playback of the streamed media at the playback device.