Patent ID: 8665370

Claim:
A method for synchronized multimedia playback, comprising the steps of: receiving and processing multimedia data, wherein the multimedia data comprises video data and audio data; packetizing an initial part of the audio data, transmitting the packetized initial part of the audio data to a loudspeaker wirelessly, and meanwhile holding an initial part of the video data on a display device for a threshold time, wherein the threshold time has been calculated based at least on a first time period to packetize an initial part of the audio data and a second period to receive and collect the initial part of the audio data at the loudspeaker; playing the initial part of the video data on the display device in an instance in which the threshold time is satisfied and playing the initial part of the audio data on the loudspeaker in an instance in which the loudspeaker receives the initial part of the audio data; and playing a subsequent part of the audio data following the initial part of the audio data and a subsequent part of the video data following the initial part of the video data without recalculating the threshold time.