# US 9,438,360 B2 · System and method for providing an audio component of a multimedia content displayed on an electronic display device to one or more wireless computing devices

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- Number: US 9,438,360 B2
- Document ID: US9438360B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 13/004,847
- Filed: 2011-01-11
- Published: 2011-07-14
- Granted: 2016-09-06
- Earliest claimed: 2010-01-11
- Assignees: Signet Media, Inc.
- Applicants: Bryan Nunes
- Inventors: Bryan Nunes
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US9438360B2

## CPC

- H04H 20/61: for local area broadcast, e.g. instore broadcast
- H04L 65/4015: {where at least one of the additional parallel sessions is real time or time sensitive, e.g. white board sharing, collaboration or spawning of a subconference}
- H04L 65/765: {intermediate}
- H04L 69/28: Timers or timing mechanisms used in protocols
- H04N 21/4126: {The peripheral being portable, e.g. PDAs or mobile phones}
- G06Q 30/0241: Advertisements
- H04W 4/06: Selective distribution of broadcast services, e.g. multimedia broadcast multicast service [MBMS]; Services to user groups; One-way selective calling services
- H04W 4/21: for social networking applications
- H04H: BROADCAST COMMUNICATION (multiplex communication H04J; pictorial communication aspects of broadcast systems H04N)
- H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M)
- H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
- G06Q: INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72)

## Abstract

A system and method for providing an audio component of a multimedia content playing on an electronic display device to one or more wireless computing devices utilizes a synchronization player application of the electronic display device to display a visual component of the multimedia content on a display of the electronic display device and to extract the audio component from the multimedia content. The extracted audio component of the multimedia content is packetized into data packets and broadcast into a network so that the data packets can be received by the wireless computing devices to play the audio component of the multimedia content in synchronization with the visual component of the multimedia content being displayed on the display of the electronic display device.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A network device, comprising:
a network interface configured to communicate on a network; and
a processor configured to extract an audio component from a multimedia content and direct the audio component to the network interface such that the audio component may be transmitted to and received by a wireless device and played by the wireless device in synchronization with a visual component of the multimedia content playing on a display, wherein the processor is configured to establish a communication connection between the network device and the wireless device and log a plurality of data of the wireless device, wherein a first datum of the plurality of data identifies the multimedia content from which the audio component was extracted, and a second datum of the plurality of data identifies how long a user played the audio component on the wireless device.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The network device of claim 1, wherein a third datum of the plurality of data identifies the audio component played by the wireless device.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The network device of claim 1, wherein a third datum of the plurality of data identifies the user that played the audio component.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The network device of claim 1, wherein a third datum of the plurality of data identifies a global positioning system (GPS) location of the wireless device.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The network device of claim 1, wherein the wireless device has a type and a third datum of the plurality of data identifies the type of the wireless device.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The network device of claim 1, wherein the wireless device is running a synchronization client application having a version and a third datum of the plurality of data identifies the version of the synchronization client application.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

The network device of claim 1, wherein a fourth datum of the plurality of data identifies another application running on the wireless device.

### Claim 8 (depends on 1)

The network device of claim 1, wherein the multimedia content is customized, at least in part, using at least one datum of the plurality of data.

### Claim 9

A non-transient computer-readable storage medium with an executable application stored thereon, wherein the application instructs a processor to perform the steps of:
establishing a communication connection between a network interface and a wireless device;
extracting an audio component from a multimedia content;
logging a plurality of data of the wireless device, wherein a first datum of the plurality of data identifies the multimedia content from which the audio component was extracted;
and
directing the audio component to the network interface such that the audio component may be transmitted to and received by the wireless device and played by the wireless device in synchronization with a visual component of the multimedia content playing on a display, wherein a second datum of the plurality of data identifies how long a user played the audio component on the wireless device.

### Claim 10 (depends on 9)

The medium of claim 9, wherein a third datum of the plurality of data identifies the audio component played by the wireless device.

### Claim 11 (depends on 9)

The medium of claim 9, wherein a third datum of the plurality of data identifies the user that played the audio component.

### Claim 12 (depends on 9)

The medium of claim 9, wherein a third datum of the plurality of data identifies a global positioning system (GPS) location of the wireless device.

### Claim 13 (depends on 9)

The medium of claim 9, wherein the wireless device has a type and a third datum of the plurality of data identifies the type of the wireless device.

### Claim 14 (depends on 9)

The medium of claim 9, wherein the wireless device is running a synchronization client application having a version and a third datum of the plurality of data identifies the version of the synchronization client application.

### Claim 15 (depends on 14)

The medium of claim 14, wherein a fourth datum of the plurality of data identifies another application running on the wireless device.

### Claim 16 (depends on 9)

The medium of claim 9, wherein the multimedia content is customized, at least in part, using at least one datum of the plurality of data.

### Claim 17

A method of a processor, comprising the steps of:
establishing a communication connection between a network interface and a wireless device;
extracting an audio component from a multimedia content;
logging a plurality of data of the wireless device, wherein a first datum of the plurality of data identifies the multimedia content from which the audio component was extracted;
and
directing the audio component to the network interface such that the audio component may be transmitted to and received by the wireless device and played by the wireless device in synchronization with a visual component of the multimedia content playing on a display, wherein a second datum of the plurality of data identifies how long a user played the audio component on the wireless device.

### Claim 18 (depends on 17)

The method of claim 17, wherein a third datum of the plurality of data identifies the audio component played by the wireless device.

### Claim 19 (depends on 17)

The method of claim 17, wherein a third datum of the plurality of data identifies the user that played the audio component.

### Claim 20 (depends on 17)

The method of claim 17, wherein a third datum of the plurality of data identifies a global positioning system (GPS) location of the wireless device.

### Claim 21 (depends on 17)

The method of claim 17, wherein the wireless device has a type and a third datum of the plurality of data identifies the type of the wireless device.

### Claim 22 (depends on 17)

The method of claim 17, wherein the wireless device is running a synchronization client application having a version and a third datum of the plurality of data identifies the version of the synchronization client application.

### Claim 23 (depends on 22)

The method of claim 22, wherein a fourth datum of the plurality of data identifies another application running on the wireless device.

### Claim 24 (depends on 17)

The method of claim 17, wherein the multimedia content is customized, at least in part, using at least one datum of the plurality of data.