Distributed playback architecture
US9781485B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 15, 2016 |
| Grant date | Oct 3, 2017 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 15, 2036 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04N21/44227
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Master element for a distributed playback architecture for a media data, having: a payload data source for providing payload data packets; a beacon packet creator for creating beacon packets useable for synchronizing a playback process of the payload data packets at, at least one, slave element in the distributed playback architecture; and a network interface for transmitting an interleaved packet stream to the at least one slave element, the interleaved packet stream having the payload data packets provided by the payload data source and the beacon packets created by the beacon packet creator. A corresponding slave element, the distributed playback architecture, a method, and a computer program product are also disclosed.
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