Patent ID: 11914921
Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 15:
16. An electronic device comprising:
a network interface for communicating with a server;
a memory maintaining an internal clock;
an output device; and
a processor interfacing with the network interface, the memory, and the output device, and configured to:
receive, from the server via the network interface, an identification of the electronic device as a common clock device, the identification designating the internal clock as a master clock known to the server,
receive, from the server via the network interface, a synchronized audio playback command including (i) audio data to be output by the electronic device at an additional electronic device, and (ii) a future playback time relative to the master clock,
determine a synchronized audio playback time based on a time difference between the internal clock, the master clock, and the future playback time, and
cause the output device to output the audio data based on the synchronized audio playback time.