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Date of Patent:
May. 19, 2020

Filed:

Apr. 20, 2017
Applicant:

Swisscom Ag, Bern, CH;

Inventor:

Urs-Viktor Marti, MĂĽnchenbuchsee, CH;

Assignee:

SWISSCOM AG, Bern, CH;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04H 40/18 (2008.01); H04H 60/13 (2008.01); H04H 20/08 (2008.01); H04H 20/82 (2008.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04H 40/18 (2013.01); H04H 20/08 (2013.01); H04H 60/13 (2013.01); H04H 20/82 (2013.01); H04H 2201/90 (2013.01);
Abstract

System and methods are provided for playing media feeds via a standard media player in enhanced manner. The media feeds may be obtained via the Internet. A particular signature signal, from a plurality of signature signals, may be determined based on a feedback signal corresponding to an audio output signal of the media player, and based on the determined signature signal, a media feed of a plurality of media feeds may be selected. An input signal configured for the media player may then be transmitted, with the input signal including a plurality of channels, and the selected media feed being conveyed over one of the plurality of channels associated with the determined signature signal. The signature signals may include audio frequency signals and/or acoustic signals inaudible to human hearing. The feedback signal may be an electrical, a wireless or an optical signal.


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