Synchronization of digital content among multiple devices
US8731460B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 15, 2012 |
| Grant date | May 20, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 15, 2032 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04N21/439
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A wireless communication system and in particular a wireless communication system for digital audio players that provides for increased functionality, such as communication, interaction and synchronization between a computing platform and various mobile, portable or fixed digital audio players, as well as providing a communication link between the various digital audio players themselves. The computing platform may act, for example, through a wireless network or wireless communication platform, to control the digital audio players; to act as a cache of digital audio data for the digital audio players; as well as provide a gateway to the Internet to enable the digital audio players to access additional digital audio content and other information.
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