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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 06, 2025
Filed:
Oct. 03, 2022
Applicant:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Inventors:
Christopher T. Eubank, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Ronald J. Guglielmone, Jr., Redwood City, CA (US);
Assignee:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04S 7/00 (2005.12); H04R 29/00 (2005.12);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04S 7/304 (2012.12); H04R 29/001 (2012.12); H04S 2400/13 (2012.12);
Abstract
A method performed by a first electronic device that includes a first speaker, the method includes, receiving, via a network, a representation of audio content, while a second electronic device is playing back the audio content through a second speaker, determining that the first electronic device is moving away from the second electronic device, and, in response to determining that the first electronic device is moving away from the second electronic device, using the representation of audio to play back the audio content through the first speaker.