Patent ID: 11968417
Assignee: COMCAST CABLE COMMUNICATIONS, LLC
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 16:
17. An apparatus comprising:
one or more processors; and
a memory storing processor-executable instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the apparatus to:
determine, by a computing device, based on a type of playback platform for each playback platform of a plurality of playback platforms, a plurality of playback periods associated with a content stream, wherein the content stream is sent to each playback platform of the plurality of playback platforms;
determine, for each playback platform of the plurality of playback platforms, a current playback period of the plurality of playback periods;
determine, based on the current playback period and an expected playback period of the plurality of playback periods, an unsynchronized portion in the content stream; and
cause, based on the unsynchronized portion in the content stream, a buffer associated with a playback platform of the plurality of playback platforms to store a plurality of audio content segments and a plurality of video content segments.