ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,308,945, issued on May 20, was assigned to White Snake Projects Inc. (Brookline, Mass.).
"Streaming audio synchronization system" was invented by Jonathan C. Robertson (North Kansas City, Mo.), Cerise H. Jacobs (Brookline, Mass.) and Ethan Fenn (Somerville, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and apparatus for synchronizing audio streamed over a network. The system makes use of a reference track and a common clock that is provided by a server to all participating performers. The performers perform along with and to the reference track wherein the reference track and common clock serve as a baseline reference for all the perform...