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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 19, 2026
Filed:
Aug. 01, 2023
Thomson Licensing, Cesson-Sevigne, FR;
Sundaramoorthy Balasubramanian, Horsham, PA (US);
Baskaran Kandasamy, Horsham, PA (US);
Thomson Licensing, Cesson-Sevigne, FR;
Abstract
A media device provides seamless transitioning between a plurality of media applications. A selection of a second media application can cause the media device to switch from a first media application to the second media application so as to cause the display of second content associated with the second media application without significant interruption in the viewing experience of a user. A silent audio buffer associated with the first content associated with the first media application can be generated while a first video output surface associated with the first content is muted and processed in the background. By writing a silent audio buffer and processing the muted first video output surface in the background, the video output stream and audio output stream are provided to an output device without causing a black screen and/or mixed audio to be presented.