US 12,250,421 B2
Device synchronization for audiovisual content
Zachary Wagner, Philadelphia, PA (US); Tony Nguyen, Philadelphia, PA (US); Yong Ji, Springfield, PA (US); and Alison Stiel, Philadelphia, PA (US)
Assigned to Comcast Cable Communications, LLC, Philadelphia, PA (US)
Filed by Comcast Cable Communications, LLC, Philadelphia, PA (US)
Filed on Nov. 7, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/676,593.
Prior Publication US 2021/0144422 A1, May 13, 2021
Int. Cl. H04N 21/242 (2011.01); H04N 21/235 (2011.01); H05B 47/155 (2020.01)
CPC H04N 21/242 (2013.01) [H04N 21/235 (2013.01); H05B 47/155 (2020.01)] 24 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
sending, by a first computing device to a second computing device, content segments associated with a content item;
receiving a request to synchronize output, of visual effects from one or more third computing devices, with output of the content item via the second computing device;
pausing, based on receiving the request, sending of an additional content segment associated with the content item to the second computing device;
receiving, by the first computing device, a manifest file associated with the additional content segment, wherein the additional content segment comprises an audio component and a video component, and wherein the manifest file comprises data, for controlling the output of the visual effects by the one or more third computing devices, comprising:
a time value associated with one or more frames of the video component of the additional content segment, wherein the time value indicates a time associated with a beat in the audio component, and
color values, corresponding to the time value, based on the one or more frames of the video component; and
sending, based on receiving the manifest file, the additional content segment to the second computing device and the manifest file to the one or more third computing devices.