Controlling bluetooth multimedia devices
US10244018B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 20, 2017 |
| Grant date | Mar 26, 2019 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 20, 2037 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04W4/80
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Disclosed is a device (DEV) for controlling Bluetooth multimedia devices, the controlling device including a Bluetooth chip (BC) arranged to implement a modified A2DP profile (A2DP′) so as to create a point-to-multipoint link (LNK) from the Bluetooth chip to several Bluetooth multimedia devices (SPK1, SPK2, SPKN), the Bluetooth chip of the controlling device being arranged to stream several interconnected multimedia streams, each to a respective Bluetooth multimedia device from among the several Bluetooth multimedia devices, based on a non-blocking Bluetooth usage. The description also refers to a method for controlling Bluetooth multimedia devices, to a computer program arranged to implement such a method as well as to a storage medium storing such a computer program.
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