Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Seamless display of video during connection switching
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Application No.: US14041912Application Date: 2013-09-30
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Publication No.: US09628853B2Publication Date: 2017-04-18
- Inventor: Ajoy K. Singh , Tarik Tabet , Wen Zhao , Najeeb M. Abdulrahiman
- Applicant: Apple Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Cupertino
- Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Cupertino
- Agency: Meyertons, Hood, Kivlin, Kowert & Goetzel, P.C.
- Main IPC: H04N7/16
- IPC: H04N7/16 ; H04N21/44 ; H04N21/462 ; H04N21/61 ; H04N21/6405 ; H04N21/6408

Abstract:
An electronic device uses one antenna to wirelessly communicate information with two different wireless networks via concurrent connections associated with different radio access technologies. More specifically, the electronic device may receive video via a first of the connections using a multicast communication protocol. In order to maintain the second connection, the electronic device may switch, for a time interval, from the first connection to the second connection during switching events. This switching can disrupt displayed content associated with the video. To prevent this disruption, in response to a trigger that warns of an upcoming switching event, the electronic device accesses a portion of the video in a buffer during the time interval associated with the switching event. When the communication circuit switches back to the first connection after the switching event, the electronic device reverts to the video communication using the multicast communication protocol.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150095955A1 SEAMLESS DISPLAY OF VIDEO DURING CONNECTION SWITCHING Public/Granted day:2015-04-02
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