Patent ID: 9479584
Filing Date: 2016-10-25
CPC Classification: H04L,H04N

Claim Text:
1. A system for media playback of media to media rendering devices, comprising: a media service configured to communicate with a communication network and to receive media to be rendered, the media comprising a plurality of media components drawn from a set consisting of video, audio, and image media components; wherein the media service computing device separates the media into a first media component and a second media component, the first media component being of a different type than the second media component; a primary media rendering device having a means to render the first media component and adapted to communicate with the communication network; and a plurality of one or more secondary media rendering devices having a means to render the second media component and adapted to communicate with the communication network; wherein the media service sends the first media components to the primary media rendering device and sends the second media component to the secondary media rendering devices over the communication network; and wherein the primary media rendering device and the secondary media rendering devices each receive a start rendering event clock time, whereupon each starts rendering the respective received media component when a clock time value reaches the value in the start rendering event clock time.