Coordinated control of media playback

    公开(公告)号:US11212808B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-12-28

    申请号:US16819597

    申请日:2020-03-16

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: Methods and systems provide for coordinated control between multiple devices of playback of a media track or playlist. The multiple devices may form an ad-hoc network for sharing control of media. A control device may coordinate control of the playlist and facilitate playback of the media at a playback device. Then when the control device leaves the group, a second device in the group will seamlessly become the control device and control playback and playlist coordination. The playback device may also be the control device. The playback advice may be a network-enabled speaker. Where the playback device is separate from the control device, the playback device may maintain sufficient information to operate without a control device until a new control device is selected.

    Font preloading
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    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US10120842B2

    公开(公告)日:2018-11-06

    申请号:US15048950

    申请日:2016-02-19

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: There is provided a method for preloading the glyphs required to display the content of a system. In accordance with an embodiment of the present technique, only those glyphs which are present in the system upon startup or synchronization of an electronic device are preloaded. The glyphs present upon startup or synchronization of the electronic device may be determined by scanning the system. In an illustrated embodiment, scanning the system may include analyzing models and views to determine the glyphs present in the system.

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