Time-shifting distribution of high definition audio data
AssigneeBroadcom Corporation
InventorsGordon Yong Li, Xuemin Chen
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Abstract
A system may time-shift the distribution high-definition (HD) audio. The system can obtain an audio stream from a specified audio source, transcode the audio stream into an HD audio stream, and store the HD audio stream in a memory. The system may later forward the stored HD audio stream to a destination device, which can be a communication device linked to the system through a local telephone network or a remote communication device. The system can also store HD audio when a local communication device receives an incoming call request that interrupts a current HD audio distribution process. The system may resume distribution of the HD audio after processing the incoming call request from a point when the distribution was interrupted.
Claims20
A device comprising:
- a memory;
- a communication interface;
- and
- a processor connected with the memory and the communication interface, the processor configured to process time-shift logic, the time-shift logic configured to:
- receive a record indication from a communication device, the record indication specifying an audio selection, and in response:
- tune the communication interface to obtain initial audio data according to the audio selection;
- transcode the initial audio data into High Definition (HD) Voice data;
- and
- store the HD Voice data in the memory;
- and
- receive a forward indication from the communication device, and in response:
- determine a destination device;
- and
- transmit the HD Voice data stored in the memory to the destination device through the communication interface.
A device comprising:
- a memory;
- a communication interface;
- and
- a processor connected with the memory and the communication interface, the processor configured to process time-shift logic, the time-shift logic configured to:
- distribute High Definition (HD) Voice data to a communication device;
- identify an incoming call request directed to the communication device while distributing the HD Voice data, and in response:
- store the HD Voice data in the memory instead of distributing the HD Voice data;
- and
- process the incoming call request.
A device comprising:
- communication interface circuitry;
- time-shift logic circuitry configured to receive a service request indication from a first communication device, the service request indication specifying an audio selection;
- the time-shift logic circuitry further configured to tune the communication interface circuitry to obtain initial audio data according to the audio selection specified in the service request indication;
- the time-shift logic circuitry further configured, in response to receipt of a record request, to initiate a High Definition (HD) storage process comprising use of transcoder logic circuitry and recorder logic circuitry;
- the transcoder logic circuitry configured to transcode the initial audio data received by the communication interface circuitry into HD Audio data;
- and
- the recorder logic circuitry configured to record the HD Audio data in a memory for subsequent distribution.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.