Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Synchronized playback of media content
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Application No.: US17665407Application Date: 2022-02-04
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Publication No.: US11831943B2Publication Date: 2023-11-28
- Inventor: Nicholas Vicars-Harris , Eric R. Seshens , Joel Ostrowski , Thomas Alsina
- Applicant: Apple Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Cupertino
- Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Cupertino
- Agency: BAKERHOSTETLER
- Main IPC: H04N21/43
- IPC: H04N21/43 ; H04N21/439 ; H04N21/4405 ; H04N21/4627 ; H04N21/845

Abstract:
The subject technology provides for synchronized playback of different media content streams. The disclosed techniques may include determining, while certain audio content is being outputted, whether a triggering event has occurred at a media device. Responsive to a determination that the triggering event has occurred, audio information including identification information and a current output status of the audio content may be obtained, and a visual content stream for visual content corresponding to the audio content may be obtained. At the media device, the visual content stream may be processed based on the audio information to determine a starting time point indicating a time point within the visual content from which to start outputting the visual content. The visual content may be outputted such that the output of the visual content begins at the starting time point and is synchronized in time with the audio content.
Public/Granted literature
- US20230129395A1 SYNCHRONIZED PLAYBACK OF MEDIA CONTENT Public/Granted day:2023-04-27
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