US 12,256,127 B2
Synchronized playback controls for parallel viewing of video content
Ramesh Narayanaswamy, Karnataka (IN); and Praveen Girish, Karnataka (IN)
Assigned to ARRIS Enterprises LLC, Horsham, PA (US)
Filed by ARRIS Enterprises LLC, Suwanee, GA (US)
Filed on May 5, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/737,557.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/224,528, filed on Jul. 22, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0025563 A1, Jan. 26, 2023
Int. Cl. H04N 21/472 (2011.01); H04N 21/43 (2011.01); H04N 21/6587 (2011.01)
CPC H04N 21/47217 (2013.01) [H04N 21/43076 (2020.08); H04N 21/6587 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for synchronized playback controls for viewing of video content, the method comprising:
connecting, to a synchronization service, a plurality of media consumption devices;
receiving, on the synchronization service, a control request from each of the plurality of media consumption devices, the control request being a user input trickplay request; and
in response to receiving the control requests, sending, from the synchronization service, a control signal to each of the plurality of media consumption devices to implement a playback control corresponding to the control request to synchronize a playback of the video content in each of the plurality of media consumption devices.