Patent ID: 8144837
Filing Date: 2012-03-27
Classification: G06Q,H04H,H04L,H04M

Abstract:
1. A system for audio streaming, the system comprising: an audio streaming server providing an audio stream; a client including a buffer storing at least portions of said audio stream received from said audio streaming server; a buffer status sensor operative to: (1) monitor a rate of playback of said stored portions of said audio stream in said buffer, and (2) monitor a rate of said audio stream received from said audio streaming server to determine if said audio stream received from said audio streaming server is delayed or slowed down, said buffer status sensor identifying, as a function of (a) said playback rate of said stored portions of said audio stream in said buffer and (b) said rate of said audio stream received from said audio streaming server, one or more locations in said stored portions of said audio stream stored in said buffer where an audio segment could be inserted when said audio stream from said audio streaming server is determined to be delayed or slowed down; and a client audio output inserter operative in response to an output from said buffer status sensor to provide a modified audio stream output from said buffer including pre-recorded audio segments, which were not received from said audio streaming server, inserted at one or more of said identified locations.