Device synchronization
View Patent ↗Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, are provided for device synchronization. In one aspect there is provided a method. The method may include establishing, at a first wireless device, a clock to be shared with at least a second wireless device; and sending, by the first wireless device over a short-range wireless link, a command to at least the second wireless device, the command indicating an operation to be performed by at least the second wireless device at a time defined by the clock. Related apparatus, systems, methods, and articles are also described.
1. A method comprising:
establishing, at a first wireless device, a clock to be shared with at least a second wireless device;
sending, by the first wireless device over a short-range communication link, a command to at least the second wireless device, the command indicating an operation to be performed by at least the second wireless device at a time defined by the clock, wherein the operation comprises presentation of an image by a display at the second wireless device; and
detecting, by the first wireless device, the image presented by the display at the second wireless device, the image being presented at the time indicated by the command.
2. The method of claim 1 further comprising:
selecting, by the first wireless device, the second wireless device for communications, when the first wireless device detects the image presented by the display at the second wireless device.
3. The method of claim 2 further comprising:
forwarding, by the first wireless device in response to the selecting, data for presentation at the second wireless device.
4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the operation comprises playing, at the time, audio content at the second wireless device.
5. The method of claim 4 further comprising:
determining an audio delay between the first wireless device and the second wireless device by at least determining a difference between the time when the audio is played by the second wireless device and another time when the audio is received by the first wireless device.
6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the clock comprises a master clock, and wherein at the first wireless device, the master clock represents a native Bluetooth clock, and at the second wireless device, the master clock represents an estimate of the master clock determined based on an offset added to a clock local to the second wireless device.
7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the time defined by the clock represents the time being synchronized to the clock.
8. An apparatus comprising:
at least one processor circuitry; and
at least one memory circuitry including computer program code, the at least one memory circuitry and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor circuitry, cause the apparatus to perform at least the following:
establish, at the apparatus, a clock to be shared with at least another wireless device;
send, by the apparatus over a short-range wireless link, a command to at least the other wireless device, the command indicating an operation to be performed by at least the other wireless device at a time defined by the clock, wherein the operation comprises presentation of an image by a display at the other wireless device; and
detect, by the apparatus, the image presented by the display at the other wireless device, the image being presented at the time indicated by the command.
9. The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the apparatus is further configured to at least select the other wireless device for communications, when the apparatus detects the image presented by the display at the other wireless device.
10. The apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the apparatus is further configured to at least forward, in response to the select, data for presentation at the other wireless device.
11. The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the operation comprises playing, at the time, audio content at the other wireless device.
12. The apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the apparatus is further configured to at least determine an audio delay between the apparatus and the other wireless device based on a determined difference between the time when the audio is played by the other wireless device and another time when the audio is received by the apparatus.
13. The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the clock comprises a master clock, and wherein at the apparatus, the master clock represents a native Bluetooth clock, and at the other wireless device, the master clock represents an estimate of the master clock determined based on an offset added to a clock local to the other wireless device.
14. The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the time defined by the clock represents the time being synchronized to the clock.
15. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium including computer program code, which when executed by at least one processor circuitry causes operations comprising:
establishing, at a first wireless device, a clock to be shared with at least a second wireless device;
sending, by the first wireless device over a short-range wireless link, a command to at least the second wireless device, the command indicating an operation to be performed by at least the second wireless device at a time defined by the clock, wherein the operation comprises presentation of an image by a display at the second wireless device; and
detecting, by the first wireless device, the image presented by the display at the second wireless device, the image being presented at the time indicated by the command.