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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
May. 12, 2020

Filed:

Dec. 09, 2015
Applicant:

At&t Intellectual Property I, Lp, Atlanta, GA (US);

Inventors:

Wayne R. Heinmiller, Elgin, IL (US);

Carol S. Gruchala, Naperville, IL (US);

Dianna Tiliks, Palatine, IL (US);

Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 27/22 (2006.01); H04N 21/43 (2011.01); H04N 21/462 (2011.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01); G11B 27/11 (2006.01); G11B 27/10 (2006.01); H04N 5/60 (2006.01); H04N 21/2343 (2011.01); H04N 21/434 (2011.01); H04N 21/485 (2011.01); H04N 21/63 (2011.01); H04N 21/81 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 27/22 (2013.01); G11B 27/10 (2013.01); G11B 27/11 (2013.01); H04L 65/60 (2013.01); H04N 5/602 (2013.01); H04N 21/234318 (2013.01); H04N 21/434 (2013.01); H04N 21/4307 (2013.01); H04N 21/4341 (2013.01); H04N 21/4622 (2013.01); H04N 21/485 (2013.01); H04N 21/631 (2013.01); H04N 21/8106 (2013.01); H04N 21/816 (2013.01);
Abstract

A system that incorporates teachings of the subject disclosure may include, for example, detecting a first action at a first time during a first presentation of video content of a multimedia stream. The first action is coincident with a visual aspect of an event observable in the video content. A second action is detected at a second time during a second presentation of audio content of an audio stream, wherein the second action is coincident with an audible aspect of the event observable in a the second presentation of the audio content. A time difference is determined between the first time and the second time, wherein the first presentation of the video content and the second presentation of the audio content are synchronized based on the time difference. Other embodiments are disclosed.


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