Patent ID: 11864025
Assignee: APPLE INC.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 7:
8. A first wireless audio output device, comprising:
a transceiver configured to connect to a source device via a first piconet and configured to connect to a second wireless audio output device via a second piconet; and
a processor communicatively coupled to the transceiver and configured to perform operations comprising:
listening, during two or more slots of a schedule, for an audio packet transmitted by the source device on the first piconet or a first message transmitted by the second wireless audio output device on the first piconet; and
when the first wireless audio output device does not receive the audio packet or the first message indicates the second wireless audio output device did not receive the audio packet, performing, in a slot subsequent to the two or more slots, a relay operation with the second wireless audio output device via the second piconet.