US 12,192,560 B2
Private listening system for streaming audio and video
Andrew Soh, Austin, TX (US); Mikkel Jensen, San Jose, CA (US); Neena Mohanachandran Sailaja, San Jose, CA (US); and Jeffery John Peters, Scotts Valley, CA (US)
Assigned to Roku, Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed by Roku, Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed on Nov. 3, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/980,292.
Prior Publication US 2024/0155178 A1, May 9, 2024
Int. Cl. H04N 21/43 (2011.01); H04N 21/81 (2011.01)
CPC H04N 21/43072 (2020.08) [H04N 21/8106 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
receiving, at a streaming media device, a first selection of a first version of audio content for output to a first audio device connected to the streaming media device, wherein video content being output to a video device corresponds to both the first version of the audio content and a second version of the audio content different from the first version;
receiving, at the streaming media device, a second selection of the second version of the audio content for output to a second audio device connected to the streaming media device;
providing, by the streaming media device, both the first version of the audio content to the first audio device and the second version of the audio content to the second audio device for simultaneous and synchronized output with the video content output to the video device;
selecting a first advertisement to be output with the first version of the audio content;
selecting a second advertisement to be output with the second version of the audio content; and
simultaneously providing, by a network device, both the first advertisement to the first audio device and the second advertisement to the second audio device, in lieu of the network device providing the first advertisement and the second advertisement to the streaming media device.