Controlling connected multimedia devices
US10158985B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 20, 2017 |
| Grant date | Dec 18, 2018 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 20, 2037 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04S7/301
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Disclosed is a device for controlling wireless multimedia devices, including: a wireless communication circuit, to receive a wireless multimedia device identifier from each wireless multimedia device; an access circuit for accessing a database of wireless multimedia devices, to obtain from the database characteristics of each wireless multimedia device for which the communication circuit has received an identifier; a separation circuit for separating a main multimedia stream into as many separated multimedia streams as the communication circuit has received identifiers of wireless multimedia devices; an allocation circuit for allocating each separated multimedia stream to a respective wireless multimedia device; and a synchronization circuit for synchronizing the separated multimedia streams based on the characteristics of the wireless multimedia devices obtained from the database.
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