Thomson Licensing

Phillip Aaron Junkersfeld

Thomas Edward Horlander

Scott Allan Kendall

Daniel Richard Schneidewend

Gary Robert Gutknecht

Robert Vincent Krakora

Devon Matthew Johnson

The disclosed embodiments relate to a system and method for maintaining synchronization between a video signal and an audio signal that are processed using clocks that are locked. The system may comprise a component that determines at least one initial level of a buffer, a component that determines at least one current level of the buffer, and a component that determines an amount of drift by comparing the at least one initial level of the buffer to the at least one current level of the buffer and adjusts the clocks to maintain the initial midpoint level of the buffer if the amount of drift reaches a threshold level.

System and method for determining lip synchronization between audio and video in a digitized environment using buffer calculation

A method and a system for performing trick mode features in a personal video recorder without introducing a channel change delay during normal viewing. The method includes the steps of recording a video source signal and concurrently bypassing the video source signal to a display device, without experiencing any buffering delay associated with the recording step. During trick mode operation the bypassing step can be automatically terminated and a recorded version of the video source signal can be substituted and sent to the display. The bypassing step further can include substituting, without any buffering delay, an alternate video source signal in response to a user selection of an alternate video source signal channel. A user notification can be generated to acknowledge receipt of a trick mode command. The user notification can be terminated once the step of substituting the recorded version of the video source signal has been completed.

Live picture presentation while digital video recording

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Carmel, IN, United States of America

Phillip Aaron Junkersfeld