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Method and device for transmitting audio and video for playback

  • US 9,237,176 B2
  • Filed: 04/04/2014
  • Issued: 01/12/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/12/2009
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method comprising:

  • receiving, by a multimedia processing device comprising a processor, a first action at a first time during a presentation of video content of a multimedia stream comprising a first video stream, and audio content of a second audio stream, wherein the first action is coincident with a visual aspect of an event observable in the presentation of the video content, wherein the first video stream originates from a first source and the second audio stream originates from a second source, wherein the first video stream and the second audio stream are associated with common subject matter, wherein the event is common to the subject matter presented in both the first video stream and the second audio stream;

    receiving, by the multimedia processing device, at a second time during presentation of the audio content, a second action coincident with an audible aspect of the event observable in a presentation of the second audio stream, wherein one of the first action, the second action, or the first and second actions comprises performing an action;

    determining, by the multimedia processing device, in real-time, a timing offset between the first video stream and the second audio stream according to a time difference between the first time and the second time;

    transmitting, by the multimedia processing device, first information to display images associated with the first video stream; and

    transmitting, by the multimedia processing device, second information while receiving the second audio stream to present audible signals associated with the second audio stream,wherein transmitting of the first information and the second information is synchronized according to the timing offset.

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