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US 8,804,047 B2Granted
Method and apparatus for enabling the display of a text service upon audio muting
AssigneeThomson Licensing
InventorMark Gilmore Mears
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Abstract
A method for controlling two devices, separated from each other, during an audio muting mode operation. A control device causes an audio device to become muted during the audio muting mode. The control device also causes a video device to output a text service during the duration of the audio muting mode. Preferably, the text service corresponds to the audio portion of a media service.
Claims6
A method for displaying a text service during an audio muting operation comprising the steps of:
- transmitting via an access point an audio muting command to an audio device;
- automatically transmitting via said access point a text service enable command to a video device;
- said audio muting command and text service enable commands are transmitted over a network to which said audio device and said video device are coupled;
- the audio muting command and the text service enable command are performed in response to said received audio mute command received by said access point;
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- said audio and video device are separate devices.
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