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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 06, 2022
Filed:
Mar. 29, 2020
Piqpiq, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US);
Edward Adam Lerner, San Francisco, CA (US);
David Leroy Futscher, Oakland, CA (US);
James C. Allen, San Francisco, CA (US);
PIQPIQ, INC., San Francisco, CA (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods of the present disclosure provide a plurality of audio reactions from a plurality of client devices. The audio reactions are captured by microphones on the client devices and are time-stamped. The method also includes mixing the audio reactions by a mixer server to form a mixed audio reaction, and sending the mixed audio reaction to at least one of the client devices. The client device is adapted to play the mixed audio reaction and a mass media presentation. The mixed audio reaction and the mass media presentation are synchronized to create an audience effect for the mass media presentation. The present technology also provides echo removal, volume balancing, compression, and time stamping of an audio stream by the client device. Reactions from at least one of buttons and gestures to activate synthesized sounds, for example clapping, booing, and cheering, which are mixed into the mixed audio reaction.