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MEDIA OUTPUT DEVICE TO TRANSMIT AND SYNCHRONIZE PLAYBACK OF A MEDIA CONTENT STREAM THAT IS RECEIVED OVER A POINT-TO-POINT CONNECTION ON MULTIPLE INTERCONNECTED DEVICES

  • US 20160150011A1
  • Filed: 11/19/2015
  • Published: 05/26/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/26/2014
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A method for operating a media output device, the method comprising:

  • connecting to a source device using a point-to-point communication medium, to receive a media content stream;

    converting the media content stream from a format of the point-to-point communication medium to a format of a second communication medium;

    identifying one or more other media output devices which are interconnected over the second communication medium to form, in combination with the media output device, a group of media output devices;

    implementing an output configuration for the group of media output devices, the output configuration specifying one of the media output devices as a leader device; and

    initiating transmission of the converted media content stream from the leader device, in the format of the second communication medium, for synchronized playback of the media content stream on the group of media output devices.

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