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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 67/125 (2022.01); H04L 67/142 (2022.01); H04L 61/45 (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 network service server system configured to receive authorizations from a remote control application to associate media player devices that are connected to different local area networks with a user account, receive a request from the application to group multiple of the media player devices, and transmit a unique group identifier associated with the multiple media player devices to the application in response. In response to receiving a media playback command that includes the unique group identifier and control information usable by a media player device to control media playback, the network services transmits the control information to the multiple media player devices to control a media playback by the multiple media player devices.


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