Patent ID: 7657829
Filing Date: 2010-02-02
Classification: G11B,H04N

Abstract:
1. In a system that includes a first device for transmitting audio signals to a remote endpoint, wherein the first device and the remote endpoint both buffer the audio signals before outputting the audio signals, a method for synchronizing the output of the audio signals between the first device and the remote endpoint, comprising: the first device transmitting audio signals to the remote endpoint such that the remote endpoint buffers the audio signals in a buffer at the remote endpoint prior to outputting the signals, the first device also buffering the same audio signals in a buffer of the first device; the first device and the remote endpoint outputting the audio signals; and receiving input from a user at either the first device or the remote endpoint, the user input causing the first device or the remote endpoint to either jump ahead or back in its buffer, or speed up or slow down the rate of output of the audio signals in its buffer.