Multimedia servers that broadcast a channel listing and packet-switched audio
US9854302B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 23, 2016 |
| Grant date | Dec 26, 2017 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 23, 2036 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04W40/244
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An apparatus, system, or method wirelessly sends an audio component of a multimedia channel to one or more wireless computing devices while a visual component of the multimedia channel is playing on a video monitor. The audio component may be packetized into data packets and broadcast via a network such that the data packets can be received and played by the wireless computing devices in synchronization with the visual component playing on the video monitor. A channel listing may inform the wireless computing devices what channels are available. A user of the wireless computing device may request that the visual component playing on a video monitor be set to a user-selected component.
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