US 12,069,120 B2
Digital media playback based on UWB radios
Michael E Russell, Lake Zurich, IL (US); Jarrett K Simerson, Northbrook, IL (US); and Thomas Yates Merrell, St Charles, IL (US)
Assigned to Motorola Mobility LLC, Chicago, IL (US)
Filed by Motorola Mobility LLC, Chicago, IL (US)
Filed on Nov. 29, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/536,535.
Prior Publication US 2023/0171298 A1, Jun. 1, 2023
Int. Cl. H04L 65/75 (2022.01); H04L 65/612 (2022.01); H04W 4/02 (2018.01)
CPC H04L 65/75 (2022.05) [H04L 65/612 (2022.05); H04W 4/025 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system, comprising:
ultra-wideband (UWB) radios associated with respective media playback devices in an environment;
a mobile wireless device in the environment;
a media playback manager implemented at least partially in hardware and configured to:
receive location information for each of the media playback devices in the environment based on a position of the UWB radio associated with a respective media playback device;
determine a location, an identity, and an orientation of a display of each of the media playback devices relative to a position of the mobile wireless device in the environment based on the location information;
identify a media playback device having an orientation of the display directed toward the mobile wireless device; and
initiate communication of digital media accessible from the mobile wireless device to the media playback device for digital media playback of the digital media based on the determined position of the mobile wireless device relative to the location of the media playback device in the environment, the orientation of the display of the media playback device, and based on the identity of the media playback device.