Methods and systems for synchronizing media

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8996380
APP PUB NO 20110276334A1
SERIAL NO

13100825

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Systems and methods of synchronizing media are provided. A client device may be used to capture a sample of a media stream being rendered by a media rendering source. The client device sends the sample to a position identification module to determine a time offset indicating a position in the media stream corresponding to the sampling time of the sample, and optionally a timescale ratio indicating a speed at which the media stream is being rendered by the media rendering source based on a reference speed of the media stream. The client device calculates a real-time offset using a present time, a timestamp of the media sample, the time offset, and optionally the timescale ratio. The client device then renders a second media stream at a position corresponding to the real-time offset to be in synchrony to the media stream being rendered by the media rendering source.

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  • SHAZAM ENTERTAINMENT LIMITED

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Barton, Christopher Jacques Penrose San Francisco, CA 9 1359
Inghelbrecht, Philip Georges San Francisco, US 3 314
Mills, William Michael Twickenham, GB 2 291
Mukherjee, Dheeraj Shankar London, GB 10 1848
Powar, Rahul London, GB 4 460
Wang, Avery Li-Chun Palo Alto, US 49 4072

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