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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 06, 2023
Filed:
Sep. 23, 2021
Applicant:
Arris Enterprises Llc, Suwanee, GA (US);
Inventors:
Albert Fitzgerald Elcock, West Chester, PA (US);
Anthony Zuyderhoff, Berks, GB;
Richard Moore, Jr., Horsham, PA (US);
Assignee:
ARRIS Enterprises LLC, Suwanee, GA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/422 (2011.01); H04N 21/439 (2011.01); H04N 21/4223 (2011.01); H04N 5/45 (2011.01); H04N 21/485 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/42222 (2013.01); H04N 5/45 (2013.01); H04N 21/4223 (2013.01); H04N 21/42221 (2013.01); H04N 21/4396 (2013.01); H04N 21/4852 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system and method for enabling the selection of audio associated with one or more concurrently displayed video programs to be controlled. This system and method enable a user to select one or more concurrently displayed video programs and consequently control the routing and volume of the audio associated with one or all of the concurrently displayed video programs. The concurrently viewed videos can be presented in a picture-in-picture format.