Patent ID: 8813120
Filing Date: 2014-08-19
Classification: G06F,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method executed on a processor for controlling audio during playing of a video segment, comprising: receiving, by the processor, a request to play a plurality of main videos; noting, by the processor, a request for audio matching among the main videos and one or more interstitial videos; determining, by the processor, requested audio volume parameters for the audio matching; identifying, by the processor, a first interstitial in the plurality of main videos in which the interstitial videos may be served, the first interstitial in proximity to a first main video; locating, by the processor, one or more candidate interstitial videos to serve in the first interstitial by matching audio volume parameters of each of the candidate videos to corresponding audio volume parameters of at least the first main video; and selecting, by the processor, to serve in the first interstitial, one or more interstitial videos having a closest audio match to the first main video.