Patent ID: 9124910
Filing Date: 2015-09-01
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: receiving, at a media server, first closed captioning data associated with media content, wherein the first closed captioning data is associated with a first closed captioning format and includes closed captions in a first language; receiving second closed captioning data associated with the media content, wherein the second closed captioning data is associated with a second closed captioning format and includes closed captions in a second language; converting the first closed captioning data from the first closed captioning format into a platform independent format and from the platform independent format into an output format supported by a destination device; converting the second closed captioning data from the second closed captioning format into the platform independent format and from the platform independent format into the output format supported by the destination device; transmitting the first closed captioning data in the output format to the destination device in accordance with a media streaming protocol; and transmitting the second closed captioning data in the output format to the destination device in accordance with the media streaming protocol, wherein transmitting the second closed captioning data to the destination device does not interrupt playback of the media content at the destination device.