Apple Inc. (20240406628). COLLABORATIVE CONTROL FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICES

COLLABORATIVE CONTROL FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICES

Organization Name

Apple Inc.

Inventor(s)

Cesar De Camargo Barscevicius of San Jose CA (US)

Adam Y. Syed of San Francisco CA (US)

Alejandro A. Rodriguez of Saratoga CA (US)

Brandon Chester of San Jose CA (US)

Duy N. Phan of Los Gatos CA (US)

Jota Melo Miranda Fagundes Antunes of Santa Clara CA (US)

Justin R. Etzine of San Jose CA (US)

Rahul Sarna of Sunnyvale CA (US)

Shannon Shih of Mountain View CA (US)

Victor Gabriel Maraccini of Santa Clara CA (US)

COLLABORATIVE CONTROL FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICES

This abstract first appeared for US patent application 20240406628 titled 'COLLABORATIVE CONTROL FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICES

Original Abstract Submitted

implementations of the subject technology provide systems and methods for providing collaborative control by multiple electronic devices. collaborative control may include providing, by a first device that is outputting content, such as audio content, an invitation to a second device to control the content that is being output by the first device. the content may be being output by the first device directly, or via a third device, such as a media output device. the media output device may be a speaker, a television, or other media output device. the second device may be provided with the ability to control the output of the first device while in proximity to the first device and/or the media output device. control commands from the second device for controlling the output of the first device may be provided to the first device over a network.