Multi-Protocol Synchronization

A method, comprising:

• sending, by a computing device of a first set of computing devices participating in a shared experience with a second set of computing devices, a request for timing information, wherein the first set of computing devices is coupled to a first local area network (LAN), and wherein the second set of computing devices is coupled to a second LAN;
• and
• receiving, by the computing device from a computing system maintaining a reference clock, a time value for synchronizing a local clock of the computing device;
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• wherein the computing system is configured to access a global reference clock over a wide area network (WAN) for synchronizing the reference clock with the global reference clock via a first time synchronization protocol, and wherein the time value is received via a second time synchronization protocol having a precision that is greater than a precision of the first time synchronization protocol.

A method, comprising:

• receiving, by a computer system from a first set of computing devices coupled to a first local area network (LAN), a request for a timing component, wherein the first set of computing devices is participating in a shared experience with a second set of computing devices coupled to a second LAN, and wherein the request is sent over a wide area network (WAN) using a first time synchronization protocol;
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• transmitting, by the computer system to the first set of computing devices, a time value, wherein the time value specifies a current time of a global reference clock maintained by the computer system;
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• wherein the first set of computing devices is configured to access, over the first local area network (LAN), a local reference clock maintained for the first set of computing devices for synchronizing local clocks of computing device in the first set of computing devices, and wherein the accessing the local reference clock is performed using a second time synchronization protocol having a precision that is greater than a precision of the first time synchronization protocol.