Patent ID: 8751705

Claim:
An electronic device comprising: a display configured to display images; an audio output module configured to reproduce an audio signal to output a first audio output; a transmission module configured to transmit the audio signal to a partner device, wherein the partner device is configured to reproduce the transmitted audio signal to output a second audio output; a first detection module configured to detect the second audio output from the partner device or another audio output that is output by the partner device; a second detection module configured to detect a parameter corresponding to the positional relationship between the partner device and the electronic device; a third detection module configured to detect a time difference between the second audio output and the first audio output; and a controller configured to control at least one of the timing of the transmission of the audio signal by the transmission module and the timing of the output of the first audio output by the audio output module in accordance with the time difference detected by the third detection module, wherein the controller is further configured to switch whether to control the timing in accordance with the positional relationship between the electronic device and the partner device.