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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:
Aug. 18, 2015

Filed:

Jul. 23, 2013
Applicant:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Inventors:

Alan Cannistraro, San Francisco, CA (US);

Jeffrey L. Robbin, Los Altos, CA (US);

Amandeep Jawa, San Francisco, CA (US);

Assignee:

APPLE INC., Cupertino, CA (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/18 (2006.01); H04N 21/485 (2011.01); H04L 12/28 (2006.01); H04N 7/16 (2011.01); H04N 21/258 (2011.01); H04N 21/4227 (2011.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/485 (2013.01); H04L 12/2809 (2013.01); H04L 67/025 (2013.01); H04L 67/125 (2013.01); H04L 67/36 (2013.01); H04N 7/163 (2013.01); H04N 21/25825 (2013.01); H04N 21/4227 (2013.01); H04N 21/4852 (2013.01);
Abstract

Aspects include systems, computer readable media and methods for remotely updating properties of Audio/Visual (A/V) performance nodes that can receive A/V content through a wireless network from a central content source. The central content source can maintain information about properties of such nodes, providing such information to a device configured with remote control software, upon request. The remote control device can accept user inputs relating to properties updates, indications of such being provided to the central content source for distribution to nodes whose properties were updated. Examples of updatable properties include on/off toggling, and volume controls. Updating such properties can be protected by passwords. The central content source can be configured as software executing on a personal computer operable to communicate over the Internet for obtaining access to streaming and/or downloadable A/V content. Remote control device examples include phones that can be networked to receive node properties data, obtain user inputs affecting such data, and transmit that data back to the central source.


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