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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 18, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 14, 2003
Applicants:
Carl Chun-hei HU, Carmel, IN (US);
James Alan Strothmann, Zionsville, IN (US);
Inventors:
Carl Chun-Hei Hu, Carmel, IN (US);
James Alan Strothmann, Zionsville, IN (US);
Assignee:
Thomson Licensing, Issy les moulineaux, FR;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/173 (2011.01); H04N 9/475 (2006.01); H04N 7/16 (2011.01); H04N 21/439 (2011.01); H04N 21/43 (2011.01); H04N 21/443 (2011.01); H04N 21/462 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/4394 (2013.01); H04N 7/163 (2013.01); H04N 21/4307 (2013.01); H04N 21/443 (2013.01); H04N 21/4622 (2013.01);
Abstract
There is provided a method for automatically synchronizing playback between a first media service and a second media service, both services corresponding to the same media content source. Common audio events in the first media service and the second media service are matched. A playback timing of at least one of the first media service and the second media service is adjusted, based on a result of the matching step, so as to automatically synchronize the playback between the first media service and the second media service.