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AssigneesSony Corporation, Sony Mobile Communications Inc.
InventorsMartin H. Kretz, Tom Gajdos
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for sharing media content between electronic equipment includes transferring session data from a first electronic equipment to a second electronic equipment, said session data including a queue of media content executing or executable on the first electronic equipment, and transferring media content identified in the session data to the second electronic equipment.
Claims21
A method of transferring a media session from a first electronic equipment to a second electronic equipment, comprising:
- playing on the first electronic equipment media content specified by session data corresponding to the media session, the first electronic equipment being a mobile device;
- the first electronic equipment detecting the second electronic equipment;
- the first electronic equipment pushing the media session to the second electronic equipment, wherein pushing includes the first electronic equipment transferring the session data to the second electronic equipment, the session data including information concerning the media content currently being played on the first electronic equipment and a present location within the media content at which the first electronic equipment is playing the media content;
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- subsequent to transfer of the session data to the second electronic equipment the second electronic equipment
- i) searching for the media content specified in the session data on a remote source,
- ii) initiating reception of the media content streamed from the remote source, and
- iii) initiating play of the media content based on the present location specified by the session data.
An electronic equipment for playing media content, comprising:
- a communication circuit for communicating with a mobile electronic equipment;
- and
- a processing circuit communicatively coupled to the communication circuit, the processing circuit configured to:
- receive, via the communication circuit, a media session pushed from the mobile electronic equipment to the electronic equipment, wherein the media session comprises session data that includes information concerning media content currently being played on the mobile electronic equipment and a present location within the media content at which the mobile electronic equipment is playing the media content;
- search for the media content on a remote source;
- initiate reception of the media content streamed from the remote source to the second electronic equipment;
- and
- initiate play of the media content based on the present location specified by the session data.
A mobile electronic equipment for playing media content, comprising:
- a communication circuit for communicating with another electronic equipment;
- and
- a processing circuit communicatively coupled to the communication circuit, the processing circuit configured to:
- play media content specified by session data of a media session;
- detect the another electronic equipment;
- and
- push, via the communication circuit, the media session to the another electronic equipment, the media session comprising session data corresponding to the media session being executed on the electronic equipment and including information concerning media content currently being played on the electronic equipment and a present location within the media content at which the electronic equipment is playing the media content.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.