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US 10,312,874 B2Granted
Volume control methods and devices, and multimedia playback control methods and devices
AssigneeBeijing Zhigu Rui Tuo Tech Co., Ltd
InventorJia Liu
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Abstract
Volume control methods and control devices, and multimedia playback control methods and control devices are provided. The volume control method comprises: acquiring volume information of a first device; in response to that the acquired volume information of the first device satisfies a predetermined condition, determining at least one second device; and controlling volume of the at least one second device. When a user goes away from a multimedia playback device, multimedia playback of another device can be controlled, to cause that multimedia playback that the user watches/listens to is not affected obviously.
Claims43
A method, comprising:
- acquiring, by a system comprising a processor, volume information of a first device;
- and
- in response to determining, by the system, that the volume information of the first device satisfies a predetermined condition that includes the volume information being less than a threshold:
- receiving, by the system, device signals sent by one or more other devices, wherein the device signals contain related information of the one or more other devices that send the device signals,
- determining, by the system, at least one second device from the one or more other devices according to the related information,
- at least one of sending, by the system, device-related information of the at least one second device to the first device, or receiving, by the system, device-related information of the first device from the first device and sending, by the system, the device-related information of the first device to the at least one second device,
- establishing, by the system, a data connection between the first device and the at least one second device such that the first device sends sound information that is being played currently by the first device to the at least one second device via the established data connection so as to cause the at least one second device to play the sound information in synchronization with the first device, and
- controlling, by the system, a volume of the at least one second device.
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A method, comprising:
- acquiring, by a control device comprising a processor, volume information of a first device;
- and
- in response to that the volume information of the first device being determined to satisfy a predetermined condition that includes the volume information being less than a threshold:
- at least one of sending, by the control device, device-related information of the control device to the first device or acquiring, by the control device, device-related information of the first device,
- establishing, by the control device, a data connection between the first device and the control device such that the first device sends sound information that is being played currently by the first device to the control device via the established data connection so as to cause the control device to play the sound information in synchronization with the first device, and
- controlling, by the control device, a volume of the control device.
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A device, comprising:
- a processor, coupled to a memory, that executes or facilitates execution of executable modules, comprising:
- an acquisition module configured to acquire volume information of a first device;
- and
- a control module configured to, in response to a determination that the volume information of the first device satisfies a predetermined condition that includes the volume information being less than a threshold:
- receive device signals sent by one or more other devices, wherein the device signals contain related information of the one or more other devices that send the device signals,
- determine at least one second device from the one or more other devices according to the related information,
- at least one of send device-related information of the at least one second device to the first device, or receive device-related information of the first device from the first device and send the device-related information of the first device to the at least one second device,
- establish a data connection between the first device and the at least one second device such that the first device sends sound information that is being played currently by the first device to the at least one second device via the established data connection so as to cause the at least one second device to play the sound information in synchronization with the first device, and
- control a volume of the at least one second device.
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A control device, comprising:
- a processor, coupled to a memory, that executes or facilitates execution of executable modules, comprising:
- an acquisition module configured to acquire volume information of a first device;
- and
- a control module configured to, in response to a determination that the volume information of the first device satisfies a predetermined condition that includes the volume information being less than a threshold:
- at least one of send device-related information of the control device to the first device or acquire device-related information of the first device,
- establish a data connection between the first device and the control device such that the first device sends sound information that is being played currently by the first device to the control device via the established data connection so as to cause the control device to play the sound information in synchronization with the first device, and
- control a volume of the control device.
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A method, comprising:
- acquiring, by a system comprising a processor, volume information of a first device;
- and
- in response to that the volume information of the first device being determined to satisfy a defined condition that includes the volume information being less than a threshold:
- receiving, by the system, device signals sent by one or more other devices, wherein the device signals contain related information of the one or more other devices that send the device signals,
- determining a second device from the one or more other devices according to the related information,
- at least one of sending, by the system, device-related information of the second device to the first device, or receiving, by the system, device-related information of the first device from the first device and sending, by the system, the device-related information of the first device to the second device,
- establishing, by the system, a data connection between the first device and the second device such that the first device sends sound information that is being played currently by the first device to the second device via the established data connection so as to cause the second device to play the sound information in synchronization with the first device, and
- controlling, by the system, multimedia playback, comprising playback of the sound information, of the second device.
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A method, comprising:
- acquiring, by a system comprising a processor, volume information of a first device;
- and
- in response to determining that the volume information of the first device satisfies a predetermined condition that includes the volume information being less than a threshold:
- at least one of sending, by the system, device-related information of a control device to the first device or acquiring, by the system, device-related information of the first device,
- establishing, by the system, a data connection between the first device and the control device such that the first device sends sound information that is being played currently by the first device to the control device via the established data connection so as to cause the control device to play the sound information in synchronization with the first device, and
- controlling, by the system, multimedia playback, comprising playback of the sound information, of the control device.
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A control device, comprising:
- a processor, coupled to a memory, that executes or facilitates execution of executable modules, comprising:
- an acquisition module configured to acquire volume information of a first device;
- and
- a control module configured to, in response to a determination that the volume information of the first device satisfies a predetermined condition that includes the volume information being less than a threshold:
- receive device signals sent by one or more other devices, wherein the device signals contain related information of the one or more other devices that send the device signals,
- determine at least one second device from the one or more other devices according to the related information;
- at least one of send device-related information of the at least one second device to the first device, or receive device-related information of the first device from the first device and send the device-related information of the first device to the at least one second device;
- establish a data connection between the first device and the at least one second device such that the first device sends sound information that is being played currently by the first device to the at least one second device via the established data connection so as to cause the at least one second device to play the sound information in synchronization with the first device;
- and
- control multimedia playback, comprising playback of the sound information, of the at least one second device.
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A control device, comprising:
- a processor, coupled to a memory, that executes or facilitates execution of executable modules, comprising:
- an acquisition module configured to acquire volume information of a first device;
- and
- a control module configured to, in response to the volume information of the first device satisfying a predetermined condition that includes the volume information being less than a threshold:
- at least one of send device-related information of the control device to the first device or acquire device-related information of the first device,
- establish a data connection between the first device and the control device such that the first device sends sound information that is being played currently by the first device to the control device via the established data connection so as to cause the control device to play the sound information in synchronization with the first device, and
- control multimedia playback, comprising playback of the sound information, of the control device.
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The control device of cham 31, wherein the control module is further configured to:
- receive the sound information played by the first device.
A computer readable storage device, comprising at least one executable instruction, which, in response to execution, causes a control device comprising a processor to perform operations, comprising:
- acquiring volume information of a first device;
- and
- in response to determining that the volume information of the first device satisfies a predetermined condition that includes the volume information being less than a threshold:
- receiving device signals sent by one or more other devices, wherein the device signals contain related information of the one or more other devices that send the device signals,
- determining a second device from the one or more other devices according to the related information,
- at least one of sending device-related information of the second device to the first device, or receiving device-related information of the first device from the first device and sending, by the system, the device-related information of the first device to the device,
- establishing a data connection between the first device and the second device such that the first device sends sound information that is being played currently by the first device to the second device via the established data connection so as to cause the second device to play the sound information in synchronization with the first device, and
- controlling a volume of the second device.
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A computer readable storage device, comprising at least one executable instruction, which, in response to execution, causes a control device comprising a processor to perform operations, comprising:
- acquiring volume information of a first device resulting in acquired volume information;
- and
- in response to that the acquired volume information of the first device satisfies a predetermined condition that includes the volume information being less than a threshold:
- at least one of sending device-related information of the control device to the first device or acquiring, by the control device, device-related information of the first device,
- establishing a data connection between the first device and the control device such that the first device sends sound information that is being played currently by the first device to the control device via the established data connection so as to cause the control device to play the sound information in synchronization with the first device, and
- controlling volume of the control device.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.