Patent ID: 9602871
Date: 2017-03-21
CPC Classifications: H04N

Claim:
1. A method for automatically disabling and enabling audio of an uncensored version of a media asset on a second device while concurrently displaying a censored version of the media asset on a first device, the method comprising: generating for display the censored version of the media asset on the first device; generating for display the uncensored version of the media asset on the second device, wherein audio of the uncensored version of the media asset is disabled when display is initiated; determining a first time code indicating current progress of the media asset being displayed; accessing, from a database containing a plurality of data structures associated with media assets, a first data structure corresponding to the media asset; determining, from the first data structure, whether the first time code is adjacent to or equivalent to a starting point of a segment in the media asset including inappropriate content; in response to determining that the first time code is adjacent to or equivalent to the starting point of the segment, enabling audio of the segment in the media asset including the inappropriate content; subsequent to enabling audio of the segment, determining a second time code indicating current progress of the media asset being displayed; determining, from the first data structure, whether the second time code is adjacent to or equivalent to an ending point of the segment; and upon determining that the second time code is adjacent to or equivalent to the ending point of the segment, disabling audio of the segment in the media asset including the inappropriate content.