Patent ID: 11934444
Assignee: APPLE INC.
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 0:
1. A computer system, comprising:
an orchestration electronic device, communicatively coupled to a plurality of content playback devices, comprising one of the plurality of content playback devices, wherein the orchestration electronic device is configured to:
generate, modify, or both, a playlist based upon input received from the plurality of content playback devices; and
act as a localized surrogate of a cloud-based synchronization service, independent of playback commands from the cloud-based synchronization service, that causes synchronized playback of the playlist to users of the plurality of content playback devices, by commanding the synchronized playback of the playlist to each of the plurality of content playback devices via a direct communication channel with each of the plurality of content playback devices.