US 12,250,529 B2
Methods and user interfaces for audio synchronization
Taylor G. Carrigan, San Francisco, CA (US); Joseph Labarck, Sparta, NJ (US); Christopher John Sanders, San Jose, CA (US); Jarrad A. Stallone, Winter Park, FL (US); and Patrick L Coffman, San Francisco, CA (US)
Assigned to Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on Jun. 13, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/806,625.
Application 17/806,625 is a continuation of application No. 16/667,684, filed on Oct. 29, 2019, granted, now 11,363,382.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/855,911, filed on May 31, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0035075 A1, Feb. 2, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04R 5/04 (2006.01); G10L 19/16 (2013.01)
CPC H04R 5/04 (2013.01) [G10L 19/167 (2013.01); H04R 2430/03 (2013.01)] 27 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic device, comprising:
a communication device;
one or more processors; and
memory storing one or more programs configured to be executed by the one or more processors, the one or more programs including instructions for:
receiving, via the communication device, a request to participate in an audio timing synchronization process from a second device external to the electronic device, wherein the audio timing synchronization process is for adjusting one or more audio output settings associated with the second device;
in response to receiving the request to participate in the audio timing synchronization process, displaying, via a display device, a notification prompting acceptance of the request to participate in the audio timing synchronization process;
while displaying the notification prompting acceptance of the request to participate in the audio timing synchronization process, receiving, via one or more input devices at the electronic device, a first user input representing acceptance of the request to participate in the audio timing synchronization process; and
in response to receiving the first user input representing acceptance of the request to participate in the audio timing synchronization process, initiating the audio timing synchronization process, including displaying, via the display device, information indicating a progress of the audio timing synchronization process.