US 12,348,942 B2
Wireless audio synchronization
Debasmit Banerjee, Everett, MA (US); and Michael William Elliot, Grafton, MA (US)
Assigned to Bose Corporation, Framingham, MA (US)
Filed by Bose Corporation, Framingham, MA (US)
Filed on Jun. 13, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/209,283.
Application 18/209,283 is a continuation of application No. 17/067,145, filed on Oct. 9, 2020, granted, now 11,678,118.
Application 17/067,145 is a continuation of application No. 16/587,957, filed on Sep. 30, 2019, granted, now 10,805,728, issued on Oct. 13, 2020.
Application 16/587,957 is a continuation of application No. 15/790,465, filed on Oct. 23, 2017, granted, now 10,433,057, issued on Oct. 1, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0328437 A1, Oct. 12, 2023
Int. Cl. H04R 3/12 (2006.01); H04J 3/06 (2006.01); H04R 5/04 (2006.01); H04R 27/00 (2006.01); H04W 56/00 (2009.01)
CPC H04R 3/12 (2013.01) [H04J 3/0632 (2013.01); H04J 3/0641 (2013.01); H04J 3/0667 (2013.01); H04R 5/04 (2013.01); H04R 27/00 (2013.01); H04W 56/0015 (2013.01); H04R 2227/003 (2013.01); H04R 2227/005 (2013.01); H04R 2420/07 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system including a plurality of audio playback devices, the system comprising:
a first audio playback device of the plurality of audio playback devices, the first audio playback device connected to an audio source via a Bluetooth connection to receive audio content, the first audio playback device configured to distribute the audio content to at least one other audio playback device of the plurality of audio playback devices; and
a second audio playback device of the plurality of audio playback devices, the second audio playback device configured to distribute clock information via a wireless network to at least one other audio playback device of the plurality of audio playback devices;
wherein the second audio playback device is selected from among the plurality of audio playback devices by a leader selection algorithm that does not consider the first audio playback device.