US 12,143,747 B2
Subtitle presentation based on volume control
Nathan Kenneth Boyd, Los Angeles, CA (US); Andrew Grosvenor Cooper, Los Angeles, CA (US); David Michael Hornsby, Surrey (GB); Georgiy Kassabli, London (GB); and Matthew Thompson, Venice, CA (US)
Assigned to Snap Inc., Santa Monica, CA (US)
Filed by Snap Inc., Santa Monica, CA (US)
Filed on May 22, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/321,531.
Application 18/321,531 is a continuation of application No. 17/679,742, filed on Feb. 24, 2022, granted, now 11,695,899.
Application 17/679,742 is a continuation of application No. 17/183,868, filed on Feb. 24, 2021, granted, now 11,290,661.
Application 17/183,868 is a continuation of application No. 16/674,913, filed on Nov. 5, 2019, granted, now 10,965,888.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/871,554, filed on Jul. 8, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0300286 A1, Sep. 21, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); G06F 3/04847 (2022.01); G06F 3/0486 (2013.01); G06F 3/16 (2006.01); G11B 27/036 (2006.01); H04N 5/278 (2006.01)
CPC H04N 5/278 (2013.01) [G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); G06F 3/04847 (2013.01); G06F 3/0486 (2013.01); G06F 3/165 (2013.01); G11B 27/036 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
storing, in association with a first video, a first subtitles file in a first format of a plurality of formats comprising a SubRip Text (SRT) file;
storing, in association with the first video and together with the first subtitles file comprising the SRT file, a second subtitles file in a second format of the plurality of formats comprising a Video Timed Text (VTT) file; and
automatically selecting between the first subtitles file comprising the SRT file and the second subtitles file comprising the VTT file based on a type of device on which the first video is being presented.