Apparatus to save power smartly from bluetooth audio visual remote control protocol notifications

A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing computer-readable instructions that, when executed by a host processor, cause the host processor to perform a method comprising:

• streaming audio from a first communications device directly to a second communications device via the wireless communication;
• controlling the audio streaming by receiving messages from the second communications device at the first communications device;
• entering into a sleep state during the audio streaming while a state of a display of the second communications device is off;
• receiving a request notification message from the second communications device having an expire attribute that indicates that further request notifications will not be transmitted for a predetermined period of time;
• and
• periodically sending notification messages indicating status of audio streaming to the second communications device over the predetermined period of time.

An electronic device comprising:

• circuitry configured to
• stream audio content directly to another electronic device via a short range wireless connection between the electronic device and the another electronic device;
• control the audio content streamed to the another electronic device based on control messages received from the another electronic device, wherein the control messages include at least one of a request for playback position, a request for playback status, a request for track change, a request for a volume change and a request to play a playlist;
• receive a notification from the another electronic device indicating that control messages will not be transmitted for a predetermined period of time;
• and
• periodically send messages indicating a status of streaming the audio content from the electronic device to the another electronic device during the predetermined period of time, wherein
• the circuitry is configured to offload processing to circuitry configured to control communication during the predetermined period of time, and
• the offloaded processing includes the periodically sending the messages indicating the status of streaming the audio content from the electronic device to the another electronic device during the predetermined period of time.