MUMBAI, India, Sept. 12 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202441016502 A) filed by Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Gyeonggi, Republic of Korea, on March 7, 2024, for 'a system and a method for switching between a plurality of auracast sources.'

Inventor(s) include Kumar, Kola Prasanna; Rai, Rituraj Ranjan; Serikar, Pramod Reddy; Chilakanti, Veerabhadrappa; and Juturu, Gurumani Lakshmi Praneeth.

The application for the patent was published on Sept. 12, under issue no. 37/2025.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "The present subject matter discloses a method (1500) and a system (300) for switching between a plurality of Auracast sources by a user device (104). The method (1500) includes receiving plurality of data packets from a second source among a plurality of Auracast sources while the user device (104) is streaming media from a first source among the plurality of Auracast sources, wherein the plurality of data packet includes a first indication indicating transmission of media from the second source. Further, the method (1500) includes determining a priority of the second source. Further, the method (1500) includes comparing the determined priority of the second source with a priority of the first source. Furthermore, the method (1500) includes switching media streaming from the first source to the second source. The switching is performed upon determining that the second source has a higher priority than the first source."

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