Patent ID: 9338208
Filing Date: 2016-05-10
CPC Classification: H04L

Claim Text:
1. A system for event-based synchronized multimedia playback, comprising: a plurality of destination devices, each comprising a local clock and connected to a network and configured to render media received over the network; and a synchronization module operating on a device connected to the network and configured to communicate with the plurality of destination devices, the synchronization module periodically transmitting a common event En, with a unique event identifier n, to each of the plurality of destination devices; wherein each destination device records a time Dxn when event En is received and transmits an acknowledgement message comprising at least the time Dxn and the unique event identifier n; wherein the synchronization module, for each of the plurality of destination devices, carries out the steps of: each destination device thereby synchronously renders media received over the network from a media source configured to stream audio or video media.