Audio buffering continuity

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9880803
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15091929

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A method of audio buffering continuity which includes downloading by a client device a digital audio stream from a digital source; buffering by the client device the downloaded digital audio stream; playing the digital audio stream from the buffered digital audio stream; when the digital audio stream is interrupted such that there is a gap when the client device is incapable of downloading the digital audio stream, inserting by the client device an audio pattern into the gap wherein the audio pattern has one or more elements of the downloaded digital audio stream; and playing by the client device the audio pattern a plurality of times to form a loop while the digital audio stream is interrupted. Also disclosed is an apparatus and a computer program product.

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KYNDRYL INCONE VANDERBILT AVENUE 15TH FLOOR NEW YORK NY 10017

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Brown, Michael Sean Wahroonga, AU 19 128

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