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Date of Patent:
Jul. 16, 2024

Filed:

Jan. 09, 2023
Applicant:

Smule, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US);

Inventors:

Anton Holmberg, Berkeley, CA (US);

Benjamin Hersh, San Francisco, CA (US);

Jeannie Yang, San Francisco, CA (US);

Perry R. Cook, Jacksonville, CA (US);

Jeffrey C. Smith, San Francisco, CA (US);

Assignee:

SMULE, INC., San Francisco, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/43 (2011.01); G10H 1/36 (2006.01); H04L 65/611 (2022.01); H04L 65/612 (2022.01); H04L 65/75 (2022.01); H04L 67/104 (2022.01); H04N 5/265 (2006.01); H04N 21/2187 (2011.01); H04N 21/242 (2011.01); H04N 21/462 (2011.01); H04N 21/4788 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/4302 (2013.01); G10H 1/366 (2013.01); H04L 65/611 (2022.05); H04L 65/612 (2022.05); H04L 65/765 (2022.05); H04L 67/104 (2013.01); H04N 5/265 (2013.01); H04N 21/2187 (2013.01); H04N 21/242 (2013.01); H04N 21/43079 (2020.08); H04N 21/4622 (2013.01); H04N 21/4788 (2013.01); G10H 2210/066 (2013.01); G10H 2210/091 (2013.01); G10H 2220/011 (2013.01); G10H 2230/015 (2013.01); G10H 2240/175 (2013.01); H04N 21/462 (2013.01);
Abstract

Techniques have been developed to facilitate the livestreaming of group audiovisual performances. Audiovisual performances including vocal music are captured and coordinated with performances of other users in ways that can create compelling user and listener experiences. For example, in some cases or embodiments, duets with a host performer may be supported in a sing-with-the-artist style audiovisual livestream in which aspiring vocalists request or queue particular songs for a live radio show entertainment format. The developed techniques provide a communications latency-tolerant mechanism for synchronizing vocal performances captured at geographically-separated devices (e.g., at globally-distributed, but network-connected mobile phones or tablets or at audiovisual capture devices geographically separated from a live studio).


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