US 12,294,851 B2
Method and system for audio bridging with an output device
Christopher T. Eubank, Santa Barbara, CA (US); and Ronald J. Guglielmone, Jr., Redwood City, CA (US)
Assigned to Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on Oct. 3, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/937,534.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/254,444, filed on Oct. 11, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0113703 A1, Apr. 13, 2023
Int. Cl. H04S 7/00 (2006.01); H04R 29/00 (2006.01)
CPC H04S 7/304 (2013.01) [H04R 29/001 (2013.01); H04S 2400/13 (2013.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
while an electronic device that includes a first speaker is playing back audio content and a headset is worn by a user, determining that the headset is moving away from the electronic device;
receiving, via a network, a representation of the audio content at the headset that includes a second speaker, wherein the representation of the audio content comprises playback data that indicates a playback state of the audio content at the electronic device; and
in response to determining that the headset is moving away from the electronic device, using the playback data to synchronize playback of the audio content through the second speaker of the headset with the playback state.