Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Synchronizing operations among a plurality of independently clocked digital data processing devices
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Application No.: US16181270Application Date: 2018-11-05
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Publication No.: US10282164B2Publication Date: 2019-05-07
- Inventor: Nicholas A. J. Millington , Michael Darrell Andrew Ericson
- Applicant: Sonos, Inc
- Applicant Address: US CA Santa Barbara
- Assignee: Sonos, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Sonos, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Santa Barbara
- Agency: McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP
- Main IPC: G06F3/16
- IPC: G06F3/16 ; G06F3/048 ; H04L29/06 ; H03G3/20 ; G06F17/00 ; G05B15/02 ; H04H20/26 ; H04H20/10 ; H04W84/20 ; H04W56/00 ; H04L12/28 ; H04L29/08 ; G06F1/12 ; G06F3/0484 ; H04N21/43 ; H04N9/79 ; H04N5/04 ; G11B20/10 ; H04N21/436 ; H03G3/00 ; G06F1/00 ; G06F3/0482 ; H04R3/12 ; H04R27/00 ; H04J3/06 ; G06F16/60 ; G06F16/68 ; G06F16/635

Abstract:
Example systems, apparatus, and methods receive audio information including a plurality of frames from a source device, wherein each frame of the plurality of frames includes one or more audio samples and a time stamp indicating when to play the one or more audio samples of the respective frame. In an example, the time stamp is updated for each of the plurality of frames using a time differential value determined between clock information received from the source device and clock information associated with the device. The updated time stamp is stored for each of the plurality of frames, and the audio information is output based on the plurality of frames and associated updated time stamps. A number of samples per frame to be output is adjusted based on a comparison between the updated time stamp for the frame and a predicted time value for play back of the frame.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190073187A1 Synchronizing Operations Among a Plurality of Independently Clocked Digital Data Processing Devices Public/Granted day:2019-03-07
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