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US 12,744,955 · App. 18/676,932 · Granted Sep 22, 2026

Remotely controlling playback devices

Inventors: Deepak Iyer (Mountain View, CA); Thomas Alsina (Saratoga, CA); Edward T. Schmidt (Burlingame, CA); Elena Leyfman (Los Gatos, CA); David P. Saracino (Alameda, CA); Astrid Yi (Sunnyvale, CA); Adam A. Sonnanstine (San Francisco, CA); Jonathan A. Bennett (Corte Madera, CA); Gregory R. Chapman (San Jose, CA); Aparna S. Akella (Mountain View, CA); Shreyas Nandagudi Sreesha (Los Gatos, CA); Johannes P. Schmidt (Los Altos Hills, CA)
Assignee: Apple Inc.
H04N21/41265H02J13/1335H04L67/104H04L67/1051H04L67/1061H04L67/1068H04L67/1093H04N21/4104H04N21/4126H04N21/4131H04N21/43615H04N21/4363H04N21/482H04W84/18H04W84/20
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Patent No.
US 12,744,955
App. No.
18/676,932
Granted
Sep 22, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

In some implementations, a system can be configured to allow remote control devices to quietly obtain status information related to various audio/video playback devices. For example, a streaming device (e.g., a user device, phone, etc.) can establish a streaming connection to a playback device. The playback device can be configured to only accept a single streaming connection (i.e., master connection). A remote control device (e.g., a user device, phone, etc.) can quietly connect (i.e., control connection) to the playback device without interrupting the master connection to obtain status information related to the playback device and or the media being streamed to the playback device. The remote control device can provide commands through the control connection to adjust the playback of the streamed media at the playback device.

Claims (58)

1 . A method comprising:

establishing, by a playback device, a first communication connection with a first device;

receiving, by the playback device from the first device via the first communication connection, a first request to play first media content;

at least in response to receiving the first request, via the first communication connection, to play the first media content: presenting, by the playback device, the first media content, the first media content being received via the first communication connection;

establishing, by the playback device, a second communication connection with a second device;

while presenting the first media content being received via the first communication connection:

receiving, by the playback device from the second device via the second communication connection, a second request to play second media content;

at least in response to receiving the second request, via the second communication connection, to play the second media content:

terminating, by the playback device, the presenting of the first media content being received via the first communication connection; and

presenting, by the playback device, the second media content, the second media content being received via the second communication connection.

2 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

determining that the first media content does not include a particular type of media content;

wherein terminating, by the playback device, the presenting of the first media content is further in response to determining that the first media content does not include the particular type of media content.

3 . The method of claim 2 , wherein the particular type of media content includes one of a movie, live media, or a sporting event.

4 . The method of claim 1 , wherein terminating the presenting of the first media content comprises terminating the first communication connection.

5 . The method of claim 1 , wherein at least one of the first communication connection or the second communication connection comprises a wireless connection.

6 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

providing, by the playback device to the first device, a message indicating that control of communications with the playback device has been taken over by another device.

7 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the playback device comprises one of a speaker, a television, or a set-top box, a smartphone, a tablet computer, a desktop computer, or a laptop computer.

8 . A system comprising:

one or more processors; and

a non-transitory computer readable medium including one or more sequences of instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:

establishing, by a playback device, a first communication connection with a first device;

receiving, by the playback device from the first device via the first communication connection, a first request to play first media content;

at least in response to receiving the first request, via the first communication connection, to play the first media content: presenting, by the playback device, the first media content, the first media content being received via the first communication connection;

establishing, by the playback device, a second communication connection with a second device;

while presenting the first media content being received via the first communication connection:

receiving, by the playback device from the second device via the second communication connection, a second request to play second media content;

at least in response to receiving the second request, via the second communication connection, to play the second media content:

terminating, by the playback device, the presenting of the first media content being received via the first communication connection; and

presenting, by the playback device, the second media content, the second media content being received via the second communication connection.

9 . The system of claim 8 , the operations further comprising:

determining that the first media content does not include a particular type of media content;

wherein terminating, by the playback device, the presenting of the first media content is further in response to determining that the first media content does not include the particular type of media content.

10 . The system of claim 9 , wherein the particular type of media content includes one of a movie, live media, or a sporting event.

11 . The system of claim 8 , wherein terminating the presenting of the first media content comprises terminating the first communication connection.

12 . The system of claim 8 , wherein at least one of the first communication connection or the second communication connection comprises a wireless connection.

13 . The system of claim 8 , the operations further comprising:

providing, by the playback device to the first device, a message indicating that control of communications with the playback device has been taken over by another device.

14 . The system of claim 8 , wherein the playback device comprises one of a speaker, a television, or a set-top box, a smartphone, a tablet computer, a desktop computer, or a laptop computer.

15 . A non-transitory computer readable medium including one or more sequences of instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:

establishing, by a playback device, a first communication connection with a first device;

receiving, by the playback device from the first device via the first communication connection, a first request to play first media content;

at least in response to receiving the first request, via the first communication connection, to play the first media content: presenting, by the playback device, the first media content, the first media content being received via the first communication connection;

establishing, by the playback device, a second communication connection with a second device;

while presenting the first media content being received via the first communication connection:

receiving, by the playback device from the second device via the second communication connection, a second request to play second media content;

at least in response to receiving the second request, via the second communication connection, to play the second media content:

terminating, by the playback device, the presenting of the first media content being received via the first communication connection; and

presenting, by the playback device, the second media content, the second media content being received via the second communication connection.

16 . The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 15 , the operations further comprising:

determining that the first media content does not include a particular type of media content;

wherein terminating, by the playback device, the presenting of the first media content is further in response to determining that the first media content does not include the particular type of media content.

17 . The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 16 , wherein the particular type of media content includes one of a movie, live media, or a sporting event.

18 . The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 15 , wherein terminating the presenting of the first media content comprises terminating the first communication connection.

19 . The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 15 , wherein at least one of the first communication connection or the second communication connection comprises a wireless connection.

20 . The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 15 , the operations further comprising:

providing, by the playback device to the first device, a message indicating that control of communications with the playback device has been taken over by another device.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 4, 2024
From: SONNANSTINE, ADAM A.; AKELLA, APARNA S.; YI, ASTRID; SARACINO, DAVID P.; IYER, DEEPAK; SCHMIDT, EDWARD T.; LEYFMAN, ELENA; CHAPMAN, GREGORY R.; SCHMIDT, JOHANNES P.; BENNETT, JONATHAN A.
To: APPLE INC.
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Continuity (5)
Continuation 17713966 · Apr 5, 2022
Continuation 16287960 · Feb 27, 2019
Provisional Application 62679967 · Jun 3, 2018
Provisional Application 62650728 · Mar 30, 2018
Related Publication 20240314383A1 · Sep 19, 2024
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