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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:
Sep. 23, 2025

Filed:

Jan. 31, 2024
Applicant:

Google Llc, Mountain View, CA (US);

Inventors:

Daniel Danciu, Zurich, CH;

Yaniv Bernstein, Glebe, AU;

Ramona Bobohalma, Zurich, CH;

Oliver Heckmann, Rueschlikon, CH;

Jasmine Kent, Bach, CH;

Alin Sinpalean, Zurich, CH;

Assignee:

Google LLC, Mountain View, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/422 (2011.01); G08C 17/02 (2006.01); H04L 12/28 (2006.01); H04L 61/25 (2022.01); H04L 61/45 (2022.01); H04L 67/125 (2022.01); H04L 67/142 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/42225 (2013.01); G08C 17/02 (2013.01); H04L 12/2818 (2013.01); H04L 12/2825 (2013.01); H04L 61/25 (2013.01); H04L 67/125 (2013.01); H04L 67/142 (2013.01); G08C 2201/92 (2013.01); G08C 2201/93 (2013.01); H04L 61/45 (2022.05);
Abstract

The subject matter of the present disclosure can be implemented by, among other things, a remote control application executed by a mobile device to identify media player devices connected to a network, present the media player devices for selection in a user interface (UI), receive a selection of multiple media player devices via the UI, and receive a unique group identifier associated with the multiple media player devices from a network service. By transmitting a message containing the unique group identifier and control information to the network service, a media playback by the multiple media player devices is controlled by the remote control application.


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