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System and method for placeshifting media playback

US9626363B2 · kind B2 · utility

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58References

20Claims

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Assignee

Apple Inc. · US

Inventors

Michael Rosenblatt · Cupertino, US
Gloria Lin · San Ramon, US
Amir Mahmood Mikhak · Cambridge, US
Taido Nakajima · Cupertino, US
Sean Anthony Mayo · San Francisco, US
Andrew Hodge · Palo Alto, US
Anthony M. Fadell · Portola Valley, US
Jeffrey Lee · Los Gatos, US
Shawn A. Ellis · Mountain View, US
Policarpo Wood · San Francisco, US
Alan Cannistraro · San Francisco, US

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 30, 2008
Grant date	Apr 18, 2017
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 5, 2031

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F16/40
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Systems and methods of placeshifting media playback between two or more devices are provided. For example, a method for placeshifting media may include downloading onto a first device an index of files accessed or modified on a second device via a data storage server, at least one of the files being a media file played on the second device. The first device may display a user selectable list of the files on the first device before issuing a request for the media file to the data storage server. The data storage server may send the media file to the first device from the data storage server, and the first device may play back the media file where the second device left off.

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