Patent ID: 9258576
Filing Date: 2016-02-09
CPC Classification: H04N

Claim Text:
1. A method comprising: presenting, by a processor, a program guide, wherein the program guide includes information associated with an instance of programming; receiving, by the processor, a request from a user for the information associated with the instance of programming, wherein the information includes first audio information and visual information; determining, by the processor, whether delivery of the first audio information could be completed during a first threshold time after receiving the request and whether the first audio information, when rendered, would be shorter than a second threshold time or longer than a third threshold time that is greater than the second threshold time; determining, by the processor, whether to use second audio information associated with the instance of the programming, wherein the first audio information is provided to the user in connection with the visual information based on determining to not use the second audio information, wherein the second audio information is used when the delivery of the first audio information could not be completed within the first threshold time or when the rendered first audio information is shorter than the second threshold time or longer than the third threshold time; modifying, by the processor and based on determining to use the second audio information, the first audio information to form the second audio information, wherein modifying the first audio information includes modifying a playback speed of the first audio information, and wherein the second audio information, when rendered, is longer than the second threshold time and shorter than the third threshold time; and providing, by the processor and based on determine to use the second audio information, the second audio information, and not the first audio information, to the user in connection with the visual information.