US 12,282,705 B2
Method and system for seamless media synchronization and handoff
Christopher T. Eubank, Mountain View, CA (US); and Tomlinson Holman, Palm Springs, CA (US)
Assigned to Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on Jan. 22, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/419,138.
Application 18/419,138 is a continuation of application No. 17/242,080, filed on Apr. 27, 2021, granted, now 11,900,012.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/082,896, filed on Sep. 24, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2024/0241689 A1, Jul. 18, 2024
Int. Cl. G06F 3/16 (2006.01); G11B 20/00 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 3/165 (2013.01) [G11B 20/00086 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method performed by a headset, the method comprising:
determining, by one or more processors of the headset, that an audio playback device within an environment in which the headset is located ceased playing back audio content through a loudspeaker; and
in response to determining that the loudspeaker has ceased play back of the audio content, continuing, by the one or more processors, play back of the audio content through a speaker of the headset.