The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 06, 2018
Filed:
Jun. 27, 2014
Blackberry Limited, Waterloo, CA;
Sean Vandeweerd, Etobicoke, CA;
Sanjay Nathwani, Mississauga, CA;
BLACKBERRY LIMITED, Waterloo, CA;
Abstract
According to embodiments described in the specification, a mobile electronic device and method for controlling a media player device to play back media are provided. The mobile device includes: a network interface; a memory storing first audio data and second audio data; a microphone; and a processor interconnected with the network interface, the memory and the microphone, the processor operating to: transmit, to a media player device via the network interface, a request to initiate a connection between the mobile device and the media player device; send the first audio data over the connection to the media player device for playback by the media player device; detect the playback of the first audio data via the microphone; and in response to detecting playback of the first audio data, send the second audio data over the connection to the player device for playback by the media player device.