# US 2022/0044705 A1 · Controlling capture of content using one or more client electronic devices > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2022/0044705 A1 - Document ID: US20220044705A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 17/509,382 - Filed: 2021-10-25 - Published: 2022-02-10 - Earliest claimed: 2014-10-15 - Inventors: Benjamin Nowak - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20220044705A1 ## CPC - G11B 27/031: Electronic editing of digitised analogue information signals, e.g. audio or video signals - G11B 27/10: Indexing; Addressing; Timing or synchronising; Measuring tape travel - H04N 5/265: Mixing - H04N 5/77: between a recording apparatus and a television camera - H04N 9/87: Regeneration of colour television signals (H04N9/80 takes precedence) - H04N 23/63: by using electronic viewfinders - H04N 23/661: Transmitting camera control signals through networks, e.g. control via the Internet - H04N 23/698: for achieving an enlarged field of view, e.g. panoramic image capture - H04N 23/90: Arrangement of cameras or camera modules, e.g. multiple cameras in TV studios or sports stadiums - H04W 4/80: Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication - G11B: INFORMATION STORAGE BASED ON RELATIVE MOVEMENT BETWEEN RECORD CARRIER AND TRANSDUCER (recording measured values in a way that does not require playback through a transducer G01D9/00; recording or playback apparatus using mechanically marked tape, e.g. punched paper tape, or using unit records, e.g. punched or magnetically marked cards G06K; transferring data from one type of record carrier to another G06K1/18; circuits for coupling output of reproducer to radio receiver H04B1/20; gramophone pick-ups or like acoustic electromechanical transducers or circuits therefor H04R) - H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION - H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72) ## Abstract Disclosed is a master electronic device configured to control capture of content using one or more client electronic devices. The master electronic device may include a user interface module configured to receive an indication of a control-input. Further, the master electronic device may include a communication module configured to communicate data between the master electronic device and one or more client electronic devices. The communication may include wireless transmission of the control-input to the one or more client electronic devices. Additionally, the one or more client electronic devices may include a means to capture content in response to the control-input. The means to capture content may be activated in response to the received control-input. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A master electronic device configured to control capture of content using at least one client electronic device, the master electronic device comprising: a user interface module configured to receive an indication of a control-input; and a communication module configured to communicate data between the master electronic device and at least one client electronic device, wherein the communication comprises wireless transmission of the control-input to the at least one client electronic device, wherein the at least one client electronic device comprises a means configured to capture content in response to the control-input. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The master electronic device of claim 1 further comprising a means to capture content in response to the control-input, wherein the means to capture content is activated in response to the received control-input. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The master electronic device of claim 1, wherein the control-input comprises a time value. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The master electronic device of claim 3, wherein the time value corresponds to at least one of initiation of capture of the content, pausation of capture of the content and termination of capture of the content. ### Claim 5 (depends on 3) The master electronic device of claim 3, wherein a client timing module comprised in the at least one client electronic device is configured to be synchronized with a master timing module comprised in the master electronic device, wherein the synchronization is based on the time value. ### Claim 6 (depends on 3) The master electronic device of claim 3, wherein the control-input comprises indication of at least one operation, wherein the at least one client electronic device is configured to perform the at least one operation at a time indicated in the time value. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The master electronic device of claim 1, wherein each of the master electronic device and the at least one client electronic device is configured to capture content synchronously in response to the control-input. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The master electronic device of claim 1, wherein the communication further comprises wireless reception of the content captured by the at least one client electronic device. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The master electronic device of claim 8, wherein the wireless reception is over at least one of a common local-area-network connection, a Wi-Fi connection, and a Bluetooth connection. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The master electronic device of claim 1, wherein the communication further comprises wireless transmission of the content captured by the master electronic device. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The master electronic device of claim 1, wherein the user interface module is further configured to receive an invite input, wherein the communication further comprises wireless transmission of an invitation to the at least one client electronic device based on the invite input, wherein the at least one client electronic device is configured to receive an accept-invite input. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The master electronic device of claim 1, wherein each of the master electronic device and the at least one client electronic device comprises at least one of a sound capturing unit and an image capturing unit, wherein the content corresponds to at least one of a sound and an image. ### Claim 13 A client electronic device configured to control capture of content, the client electronic device comprising: a communication module configured to communicate data between the client electronic device and a master electronic device, wherein the communication comprises wireless reception of a control-input; and a means to capture content in response to the control-input, wherein the means to capture content is activated in response to the received control-input. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The client electronic device of claim 13, wherein the control-input comprises a time value. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The client electronic device of claim 14, wherein the time value corresponds to at least one of initiation of capture of the content, pausation of capture of the content and termination of capture of the content. ### Claim 16 (depends on 14) The client electronic device of claim 14, wherein a client timing module comprised in the client electronic device is configured to be synchronized with a master timing module comprised in the master electronic device, wherein the synchronization is based on the time value. ### Claim 17 (depends on 14) The client electronic device of claim 14, wherein the control-input comprises indication of at least one operation, wherein the client electronic device is configured to perform the at least one operation at a time indicated in the time value. ### Claim 18 (depends on 13) The client electronic device of claim 13, wherein each of the client electronic device and the master electronic device is configured to capture content synchronously in response to the control-input. ### Claim 19 (depends on 13) The client electronic device of claim 13, wherein the communication further comprises wireless transmission of the content captured by the client electronic device. ### Claim 20 (depends on 19) The client electronic device of claim 19, wherein the wireless transmission is over at least one of a common local-area-network connection, a Wi-Fi connection, and a Bluetooth connection. ### Claim 21 (depends on 13) The client electronic device of claim 13, wherein the communication further comprises wireless reception of the content captured by the master electronic device. ### Claim 22 (depends on 13) The client electronic device of claim 13, wherein the communication further comprises wireless reception of an invitation to the client electronic device from the master electronic device, the client electronic device further comprising a user interface module configured to receive an accept-invite input, wherein the client electronic device is configured to capture content based on reception of the accept-invite input. ### Claim 23 (depends on 13) The client electronic device of claim 13, wherein each of the master electronic device and the client electronic device comprises at least one of a sound capturing unit and an image capturing unit, wherein the content corresponds to at least one of a sound and an image. ### Claim 24 A method of controlling capture of content using at least one client electronic device, the method comprising: receiving an indication of a control-input at a master electronic device; and communicating data between the master electronic device and at least one client electronic device, wherein the communicating comprises wirelessly transmitting the control-input to the at least one client electronic device, wherein the at least one client electronic device comprises a means configured for capturing content in response to the control-input. ### Claim 25 (depends on 24) The method of claim 24, wherein the master electronic device further comprises a means for capturing content, the method further comprising capturing content, by the master electronic device, in response to the control-input. ### Claim 26 (depends on 24) The method of claim 24, wherein the control-input comprises a time value. ### Claim 27 (depends on 26) The method of claim 26, wherein the time value corresponds to at least one of initiating capture of the content, pausing capture of the content and terminating capture of the content. ### Claim 28 (depends on 26) The method of claim 26 further comprising synchronizing a client timing module comprised in the at least one client electronic device with a master timing module comprised in the master electronic device, wherein the synchronization is based on the time value. ### Claim 29 (depends on 26) The method of claim 26, wherein the control-input comprises indication of at least one operation, wherein the at least one client electronic device is configured to perform the at least one operation at a time indicated in the time value. ### Claim 30 (depends on 24) The method of claim 24, wherein capturing content in response to the control-input comprises synchronously capturing content by each of the master electronic device and the at least one client electronic device. ### Claim 31 (depends on 24) The method of claim 24, wherein the communication further comprises wirelessly receiving the content captured by the at least one client electronic device. ### Claim 32 (depends on 31) The method of claim 31, wherein the wireless reception is over at least one of a common local-area-network connection, a Wi-Fi connection, and a Bluetooth connection. ### Claim 33 (depends on 24) The method of claim 24, wherein the communication further comprises wirelessly transmitting the content captured by the master electronic device. ### Claim 34 (depends on 24) The method of claim 24, wherein the user interface module is further configured to receive an invite input, wherein the communication further comprises wireless transmission of an invitation to the at least one client electronic device based on the invite input, wherein the at least one client electronic device is configured to receive an accept-invite input. ### Claim 35 (depends on 24) The method of claim 24, wherein each of the master electronic device and the at least one client electronic device comprises at least one of a sound capturing unit and an image capturing unit, wherein the content corresponds to at least one of a sound and an image.