US 12,244,907 B2
System and method for automated audio transitions in a multi-window video environment
Sundaramoorthy Balasubramanian, Bangalore (IN); and Baskaran Kandasamy, Dharmapuri (IN)
Assigned to ARRIS Enterprises LLC, Horsham, PA (US)
Filed by ARRIS ENTERPRISES LLC, Suwanee, GA (US)
Filed on Sep. 15, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/945,284.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/245,328, filed on Sep. 17, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0097914 A1, Mar. 30, 2023
Int. Cl. H04N 21/485 (2011.01); H04N 5/45 (2011.01)
CPC H04N 21/4852 (2013.01) [H04N 5/45 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for the provision of automated audio transitions in a multi-window video environment, the system comprising:
at least one memory storing data indicative of at least one audio preference associated with at least one user; and
at least one media gateway appliance comprising at least one processor, wherein the at least one processor is adapted to:
concurrently display at least two video programs upon a single display wherein one of the at least two video programs is displayed as a primary video, and at least one other of the at least two video programs is displayed as a secondary video;
receive at least one indicator indicative of the identity of a user;
retrieve at least one audio preference from the at least one memory, based, at least in part, upon the received at least one indicator;
select one of the at least two video programs, based, at least in part, upon the at least one audio preference;
play audio associated with the selected video program based on the at least one audio preference; and
mute audio associated with any non-selected video programs based on the at least one audio preference.