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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:
Jun. 02, 2020

Filed:

Jun. 29, 2018
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

Michael Bender, Armonk, NY (US);

Craig M. Trim, Glendale, CA (US);

Todd R. Palmer, Southbury, CT (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/16 (2011.01); H04N 21/242 (2011.01); H04N 21/6332 (2011.01); H04N 21/43 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/242 (2013.01); H04N 21/4302 (2013.01); H04N 21/6332 (2013.01);
Abstract

Methods, computer program products, and systems are presented. The method computer program products, and systems can include, for instance: obtaining a first media stream, the first media stream being played on a first playback device and having first timestamps indicating when respective different time ordered sections of data defining the first media stream have been played by the first playback device; obtaining a second media stream, the second media stream being played on a second playback device and having second timestamps indicating when respective different time ordered sections of data defining the second media stream have been played by the second playback device, wherein the first media stream and second media stream are common media streams being simultaneously played by the first playback device and the second playback device, respectively, at desynchronized times.


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