Patent ID: 8441577

Claim:
A media content synchronization method, comprising: receiving a first media content stream at a media device, wherein the first media content stream comprises at least a video stream portion; receiving a second media content stream at the media device, wherein the second media content stream comprises at least an audio stream portion; receiving an automatic synchronization time delay determined by a remote source, where a duration of the automatic synchronization time delay is determined by a remote device based upon a plurality of durations of synchronization time delays determined by a plurality of other remote media devices that communicate their respective durations of synchronization time delays to the remote device in response to synchronization of the video stream portion of the first media content stream with the audio stream portion of the second media content stream when presented at the respective one of the plurality of other remote media devices; delaying the audio stream portion of the second media content stream by a duration corresponding to at least one synchronization time delay; communicating the video stream portion of the first media content stream to a visual display device; and communicating the delayed audio stream portion of the second media content stream to an audio presentation device, wherein a visual scene of the video stream portion of the first media content stream is substantially synchronized with sounds of the audio stream portion of the second media content stream based on the duration of the received automatic synchronization time delay.