Patent attributes
An audio playback system that includes audio playback devices each including a communication module, a playback module and a processing module is provided. The communication module receives a beacon signal and audio signal packets and generates an interrupt signal. The processing module receives the interrupt signal to retrieve an audio source timestamp corresponding to an audio source system time from the beacon signal, compares the audio source timestamp with an internal time generated based on an internal system time when the beacon signal is received to calculate a difference therebetween, receives a playback initialization signal from the audio source device that includes an audio source system playback initialization time, calculates an internal system playback initialization time according to the difference and the audio source system playback initialization time and controls the playback module to playback the audio signal packets from the internal system playback initialization time.