CONCURRENT STREAMING OF CONTENT TO MULTIPLE DEVICES

• Main Authors: BENDAHAN, Aurie, PIETSCH, Brian D, YI, Astrid, MARACCINI, Victor Gabriel, IYER, Deepak, HENRICKSON, Keith G, DAVE, Sanket S, BARSCEVICIUS, Cesar de Camargo
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 02.02.2023
• Subjects: ACOUSTICS; CALCULATING; COMPUTING; COUNTING; DEAF-AID SETS; ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE; ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING; ELECTRICITY; LOUDSPEAKERS, MICROPHONES, GRAMOPHONE PICK-UPS OR LIKEACOUSTIC ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS; MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; PHYSICS; PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS; SPEECH ANALYSIS OR SYNTHESIS; SPEECH OR AUDIO CODING OR DECODING; SPEECH OR VOICE PROCESSING; SPEECH RECOGNITION

The subject technology provides for concurrent streaming of media content to multiple media devices. A host device may receive, from a first accessory device, a first request for first media content, the first request corresponding to a first voice input, and receive, from a second accessory device, a second request for second media content, the second request corresponding to a second voice input to the second accessory device. The host device may store a first context record including identification information for the first accessory device and the first media content, and store, while storing the first context record, a second context record including identification information for the second accessory device and the second media content. The host device may stream the first media content to the first accessory device, and stream, to second accessory device and concurrently with the streaming of the first media content, the second media content.