New invention reported to the US Patent & Trademark Office By Filip Truta, Apple News Editor for synchronized transmission of audio and video from a computer to a client via "an interface." The US Patent & Trademark Office reveals that Apple's invention refers to the behavior of devices that use communication over a network. Specifically, it relates to data flow management between devices transmitting and receiving data at different transmission rates, but even more, to controlling data flow through a buffer by monitoring the buffer and adjusting data transmission based on buffer conditions. "The present invention controls the transmission of data from a computer to a video client via an interface device that buffers the data frames sent and communicates to the computer and the video client using different protocols," reads...
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