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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:
Jan. 12, 2016

Filed:

Apr. 04, 2014
Applicant:

At&t Intellectual Property I, Lp, Atlanta, GA (US);

Inventors:

Wayne R. Heinmiller, Elgin, IL (US);

Carol S. Gruchala, Naperville, IL (US);

Dianna Tiliks, Palatine, IL (US);

Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/92 (2006.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01); G11B 27/10 (2006.01); H04N 5/60 (2006.01); H04N 21/2343 (2011.01); H04N 21/43 (2011.01); H04N 21/434 (2011.01); H04N 21/462 (2011.01); H04N 21/485 (2011.01); H04N 21/63 (2011.01); H04N 21/81 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 65/60 (2013.01); G11B 27/10 (2013.01); H04N 5/602 (2013.01); H04N 21/234318 (2013.01); H04N 21/434 (2013.01); H04N 21/4307 (2013.01); H04N 21/4341 (2013.01); H04N 21/4622 (2013.01); H04N 21/485 (2013.01); H04N 21/631 (2013.01); H04N 21/816 (2013.01); H04N 21/8106 (2013.01);
Abstract

A system that incorporates teachings of the subject disclosure may include, for example, selecting a first multimedia stream including a first video stream and selecting a second audio stream associated with common subject matter. A timing offset is determined according to a time difference between a first input coincident with a visual aspect of an event observable in playback of the first video stream and a second input coincident with an audible aspect of the event observable in playback of the second audio stream. One of the first input, the second input, or the first and second inputs comprises performing an action during playback of the first video stream and the second audio stream at a multimedia center. The first video stream and the second audio stream are synchronized in in real-time according to the timing offset. Other embodiments are disclosed.


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