US 11,818,086 B1
Group voice chat using a Bluetooth broadcast
Andrew Estrada, Escondido, CA (US)
Assigned to SONY GROUP CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by Sony Group Corporation, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Jul. 29, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/877,281.
Int. Cl. G06F 15/173 (2006.01); H04L 51/10 (2022.01); H04L 51/48 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 51/10 (2013.01) [H04L 51/48 (2022.05)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
15. A computer-implemented method comprising:
establishing communication between devices in a group of devices;
initiating, at a first device of the group of devices, a group voice chat between the first device and one or more other devices of the group of devices in a Bluetooth broadcast, wherein audio transmissions of the group voice chat are transmitted in a sequence of time intervals, and wherein the time intervals include subintervals;
allocating a first subinterval of the subintervals to the first device, wherein the first device transmits a first audio message during the first subinterval, and wherein the first audio message is broadcast to the group of devices; and
allocating a second subinterval of the subintervals to a second device of the group of devices, wherein the second device transmits a second audio message during the second subinterval, and wherein the second audio message is broadcast to the group of devices.