Method and an electronic device for providing a media stream

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016249091-A1
Application number	US-201514627410-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Feb 20, 2015
Priority date	Feb 20, 2015
Publication date	Aug 25, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to streaming of media content. In one example embodiment, an electronic device may comprise a user interface, a processor and a memory. The memory may comprise computer program code, which, when run in the processor causes the electronic device to: receive a first request requesting a first media content to be complemented with a second media content, the second media content being associated with the first media content; in response to receiving the first request, send, to a second electronic device, a second request for the first media content complemented with the second media content. Furthermore, the computer program code causes the electronic device to: receive, from the second electronic device, a media stream comprising the first media content and the second media content; and play the first media content of the received media stream complemented with the second media content of the received media stream.

First claim

1 . A method of operating a first electronic device for playback of streamed media at a user interface, the method comprising:
receiving, at the first electronic device, a first request requesting a first media content to be complemented with a second media content, the second media content being associated with the first media content; in response to receiving the first request at the first electronic device, sending, to a second electronic device, a second request for the first media content to be complemented with the second media content; receiving, at the first electronic device from the second electronic device, one or more media streams comprising the first media content and the second media content; and playing, at the first electronic device, the first media content of the received one or more media streams complemented with and synchronized with the playing of the second media content of the received one or more media streams at the user interface.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the first media content is synchronized with the second media content.

3 . The method of claim 1 , wherein receiving the media stream comprises:
receiving the media stream as a first media stream and a second media stream separately, wherein each of the first and second media streams comprises respective markers, and wherein playing the first media content and the second media content comprises synchronizing the received first media content and the received second media content according to the markers.

4 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the first media content comprises audio content and the second media content comprises textual content, and wherein playing the first media content and the second media content comprises playing the first media content at the user interface and displaying the second media content on the user interface.

5 . The method of claim 4 , wherein the audio content comprises a song and the textual content comprises lyrics.

6 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the first media content comprises audio content and the second media content comprises at least one of: image content and video content.

7 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the first media content comprises video content and the second media content comprises textual content, and wherein playing the first media content and the second media content comprises displaying the first media content on the user interface and displaying the second media content on the user interface, such that the second media content at least partly overlaps the first media content.

8 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
receiving a third request for control of playback; and controlling playing in accordance with the received third request.

9 . The method of claim 8 , wherein the third request for control of playback relates to at least one of: fast-forwarding, rewind, jump, skip, next, and search.

10 . A first electronic device for playback of a streamed media at a user interface, the first electronic device comprising:
a user interface; a processor; and a memory storing computer program code, which, when run in the processor causes the first electronic device to:
receive a first request requesting a first media content to be complemented with a second media content, the second media content being associated with the first media content,
in response to receiving the first request at the first electronic device, send, to a second electronic device, a second request for the first media content to be complemented with the second media content,
receive, at the first electronic device from the second electronic device, one or more media streams comprising the first media content and the second media content, and
play, at the first electronic device, the first media content of the received one or more media streams complemented with and synchronized with the playing of the second media content of the received one or more media streams at the user interface.

11 . The first electronic device of claim 10 , wherein the processor is adapted to receive the first media content synchronized with the second media content.

12 . The first electronic device of claim 10 , wherein the processor is adapted to receive the media stream as a first media stream and a second media stream separately, wherein each of the first and the second media streams comprises respective markers, and further adapted to synchronize the received first media content and the second media content according to the markers when playing the first media content and the second media content.

13 . The first electronic device of claim 10 , wherein the first media content comprises audio content and the second media content comprises textual content, and wherein the memory stores computer program code, which, when run in the processor causes the first electronic device to play the first media content and the second media content by playing the first media content at the user interface and displaying the second media content on the user interface.

14 . The first electronic device of claim 13 , wherein the audio content comprises a song and the textual content is lyrics.

15 . The first electronic device of claim 10 , wherein the first media content comprises audio content and the second media content comprises at least one of: image content and video content.

16 . The first electronic device of claim 10 , wherein the first media content comprises video content and the second media content comprises textual content, and wherein the memory stores computer program code, which, when run in the processor causes the first electronic device to play the first media content and the second media content by displaying the first media content at the user interface and displaying the second media content on the user interface, such that the second media content at least partly overlaps the first media content.

17 . The first electronic device of claim 10 , wherein the controller is adapted to receive a third request for control of playback, and further adapted to control playing in accordance with the received third request.

18 . The first electronic device of claim 17 , wherein the third request relates to at least one of: fast-forwarding, rewind, jump, skip, next.

19 . A first electronic device for playback of a streamed media at a user interface, the first electronic device comprising:
a user interface; a processor; and a memory storing computer program code, which, when run in the processor causes the first electronic device to:
receive a first request requesting a first media content to be complemented with a second media content, the second media content being associated with the first media content,
in response to receiving the first request at the first electronic device, send, to a second electronic device, a second request for the first media content complemented with the second media content, the second electronic device comprising a media server,
receive, at the first electronic device from the second electronic device, a combined media stream comprising the first media content and the second media content, the first media content being synchronized with the second media content within the combined media stream, and
play, at the first electronic device, the first media content of the received combined media stream complemented and synchronized with the playing of the second media content of the received combined media stream at the user interface of the first electronic device.

Assignees

• Spotify Ab

Inventors

• Lennon Miles
• Chrysafidi Angeliki
• Chirinos Sigfrido

Classifications

• H04N21/242

  Synchronisation processes, e.g. processing of PCR [Programme Clock References] {(arrangements for synchronising broadcast or distribution via plural systems in broadcast distribution systems H04H20/18)} · CPC title

• H04N21/6587

  Control parameters, e.g. trick play commands, viewpoint selection · CPC title

• H04N21/233

  Processing of audio elementary streams {(monitoring, identification or recognition of audio in broadcast systems H04H60/58)} · CPC title

• H04N21/4307 Primary

  Synchronising the rendering of multiple content streams or additional data on devices, e.g. synchronisation of audio on a mobile phone with the video output on the TV screen · CPC title

• H04N21/439

  Processing of audio elementary streams · CPC title