US 11,943,575 B2
Wireless audio systems
Vincenzo Giuliani, Thousand Oaks, CA (US); David Jeon, Simi Valley, CA (US); and Gabriel Sanchez, Hawthorne, CA (US)
Assigned to Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on Apr. 22, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/238,192.
Application 17/238,192 is a continuation of application No. 16/387,423, filed on Apr. 17, 2019, granted, now 11,026,005.
Application 16/387,423 is a continuation of application No. 15/813,015, filed on Nov. 14, 2017, granted, now 10,284,934.
Application 15/813,015 is a continuation of application No. 14/599,385, filed on Jan. 16, 2015, granted, now 9,913,011.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/928,896, filed on Jan. 17, 2014.
Prior Publication US 2021/0321179 A1, Oct. 14, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04R 1/00 (2006.01)
CPC H04R 1/00 (2013.01) [H04R 2420/07 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method, comprising:
receiving an audio signal at a first device comprising a first speaker system from a media source;
playing audio content corresponding to the audio signal through a speaker of the first device;
detecting, using transceiver circuitry of the first device, a second device comprising a second speaker system in proximity to the first device, wherein detecting the second device in proximity to the first device comprises detecting the second device in proximity to the first device based on a user gesture that includes bringing the first speaker system and the second speaker system into proximity of each other; and
providing the audio signal from the first device to the second device over a wireless link established between the first device and the second device responsive to detecting the second device in proximity to the first device, for output of the same audio content by the second device.