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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:
Dec. 07, 2021

Filed:

Nov. 26, 2019
Applicant:

Tivo Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);

Inventor:

Torbjorn Einarsson, Stockholm, SE;

Assignee:

TiVo Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 15/00 (2006.01); G10L 21/0232 (2013.01); H04N 7/088 (2006.01); H04N 21/422 (2011.01); H04N 21/488 (2011.01); H04N 21/61 (2011.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04N 21/414 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/0885 (2013.01); H04L 65/1089 (2013.01); H04N 21/41407 (2013.01); H04N 21/42202 (2013.01); H04N 21/42203 (2013.01); H04N 21/4884 (2013.01); H04N 21/6181 (2013.01);
Abstract

Media content typically includes closed captioning information such as subtitled in domestic and foreign languages. Techniques and mechanisms provide that closed captioning information may be toggled on/off using menu options and preferences as well as automatically managed by intelligently monitoring the environment surrounding a device. Device sensors such as microphones and vibration monitors determine the noise level of an environment as well as the spectral characteristics of the noise to determine whether the noise profile would interfere with the video playback experience. A particular environmental noise profile could automatically trigger the display of closed captioning information or present an easy access, otherwise unavailable toggle to display closed captioning information associated with a video stream.


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