US 11,722,753 B2
Synchronizing out-of-band content with a media stream
William M. Bumgarner, San Jose, CA (US); Blake Seely, San Francisco, CA (US); Christopher L. Oklota, San Francisco, CA (US); Dale A. Taylor, Palo Alto, CA (US); and Eswar Priyadarshan, Los Altos, CA (US)
Assigned to Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on Feb. 12, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/274,137.
Application 16/274,137 is a division of application No. 14/814,230, filed on Jul. 30, 2015, granted, now 10,231,033.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/057,768, filed on Sep. 30, 2014.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/057,651, filed on Sep. 30, 2014.
Prior Publication US 2019/0182564 A1, Jun. 13, 2019
Int. Cl. H04N 21/8547 (2011.01); H04N 21/234 (2011.01); H04N 21/242 (2011.01); H04N 21/262 (2011.01); H04N 21/43 (2011.01); H04N 21/44 (2011.01); H04N 21/482 (2011.01); H04N 21/81 (2011.01); H04N 21/845 (2011.01)
CPC H04N 21/8547 (2013.01) [H04N 21/23418 (2013.01); H04N 21/23424 (2013.01); H04N 21/242 (2013.01); H04N 21/26258 (2013.01); H04N 21/43074 (2020.08); H04N 21/44008 (2013.01); H04N 21/44016 (2013.01); H04N 21/4825 (2013.01); H04N 21/812 (2013.01); H04N 21/8456 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of integrating out-of-band (OOB) data with a media stream, comprising:
receiving, via a first communication pathway, separate from a second communication pathway via which the media stream is received, one or more timestamp notification requests, wherein each timestamp notification request comprises a request to send a notification when a requested timestamp matches a current timestamp of the media stream;
after receiving the one or more timestamp notification requests, transmitting the notification via the first communication pathway when the requested timestamp in the one or more timestamp notification requests matches the current timestamp of the media stream; and
receiving data in response to the notification, wherein the data includes display data, event metadata, or a combination of these.