ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,457,378, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to Mixhalo Corp. (San Francisco).
"Synchronized audio streams for live broadcasts" was invented by Vikram Singh (San Francisco) and Ann Marie Simpson (San Francisco).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for playing synchronized audio streams for live broadcasts are described. For example, supplemental audio streams (e.g., extra commentary or sound effects) may be streamed over a packet switched network with a copy (e.g., a reduced bandwidth copy) of a main audio signal from a television broadcast. A user device may synchronize the streamed audio with the audio from a television record...