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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:
Jul. 29, 2025

Filed:

Jul. 27, 2022
Applicant:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Inventors:

Cesar De Camargo Barscevicius, San Jose, CA (US);

Brian D. Pietsch, Foster City, CA (US);

Aurie Bendahan, San Jose, CA (US);

Victor Gabriel Maraccini, São Paulo, BR;

Keith G. Henrickson, San Jose, CA (US);

Deepak Iyer, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Sanket S. Dave, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Astrid Yi, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Assignee:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 3/12 (2006.01); G06F 3/16 (2006.01); G10L 15/22 (2006.01); H04R 1/40 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 3/12 (2013.01); G06F 3/165 (2013.01); G10L 15/22 (2013.01); H04R 1/403 (2013.01);
Abstract

The subject technology provides for concurrent streaming of media content to multiple media devices. A host device may receive, from a first accessory device, a first request for first media content, the first request corresponding to a first voice input, and receive, from a second accessory device, a second request for second media content, the second request corresponding to a second voice input to the second accessory device. The host device may store a first context record including identification information for the first accessory device and the first media content, and store, while storing the first context record, a second context record including identification information for the second accessory device and the second media content. The host device may stream the first media content to the first accessory device, and stream, to second accessory device and concurrently with the streaming of the first media content, the second media content.


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