- Patent Title: Dynamic synchronization of media streams within a social network
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Application No.: US12113028Application Date: 2008-04-30
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Publication No.: US08549575B2Publication Date: 2013-10-01
- Inventor: Brian Scott Amento , Christopher Harrison , Larry Stead
- Applicant: Brian Scott Amento , Christopher Harrison , Larry Stead
- Applicant Address: US GA Atlanta
- Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
- Current Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
- Current Assignee Address: US GA Atlanta
- Agency: Jackson Walker L.L.P.
- Main IPC: H04N5/445
- IPC: H04N5/445 ; H04N7/173

Abstract:
A method of synchronizing first and second streams of a multimedia content program is operable for determining a temporal difference indicative of a relative timing between first and second streams of the program, the first stream being provided to a first multimedia processing resource (MPR) and the second stream being provided to a second MPR. The method includes manipulating at least one of the streams to reduce the temporal difference until the temporal difference is less than a predetermined threshold and enabling a viewer of the first stream to interact with a viewer of the second stream regarding the program. Interactions are visually detectable on a first display screen corresponding to the first MPR.
Public/Granted literature
- US20090276821A1 DYNAMIC SYNCHRONIZATION OF MEDIA STREAMS WITHIN A SOCIAL NETWORK Public/Granted day:2009-11-05
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