Apple patents method to keep group video streams stable when devices change modes
Apple has filed a patent application describing a way to manage how a device handles group data streams, such as live video or radio, when its internal status changes. The filing outlines methods for maintaining the connection to these shared broadcasts even as the device switches between different operational states.
In the filing’s own words
The present application relates to devices and components including apparatus, systems, and methods for addressing state change of a user equipment in multicast reception.
What exactly they claim (claim 1)
1.- 20. (canceled)
Facts
- Company
- Apple (Apple Inc.)
- Official title
- SERVICE CONTINUITY FOR MULTICAST TRANSMISSION FOR STATE CHANGE
- Publication number
- US20260323756A1
- Application number
- 18996942
- Filed
- Jul 22, 2022
- Published
- Oct 15, 2026
- Inventors
- 9
- Claims
- 21
Classified under
H04W 76/27 Electricity & electronicsH04L 12/1868 Electricity & electronicsH04L 12/189 Electricity & electronicsH04W 36/0007 Electricity & electronicsH04W 36/08 Electricity & electronicsH04W 76/30 Electricity & electronicsMore from Apple in Networks & wireless
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Summaries are simplified from the filing’s own abstract and first claim. A patent filing is not a product announcement.
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