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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 01, 2018
Filed:
Oct. 26, 2017
Google Technology Holdings Llc, Mountain View, CA (US);
Michael J. Daley, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Travis Bolinger, Lafayette, CO (US);
Heath O'Neal, Broomfield, CO (US);
GOOGLE TECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS LLC, Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
Embodiments are provided for syncing multiple electronic devices for collective audio playback. According to certain aspects, a master device connects () to a slave device via a wireless connection. The master device calculates () a network latency via a series of network latency pings with the slave device and sends () the network latency to the slave device. Further, the master devices sends () a portion of an audio file as well as a timing instruction including a system time to the slave device. The master device initiates () playback of the portion of the audio file and the slave devices initiates () playback of the portion of the audio file according to the timing instruction and a calculated system clock offset value.