Source: https://patents.justia.com/patent/9326044
Timestamp: 2019-01-23 23:50:12
Document Index: 583102311

Matched Legal Cases: ['Application No. 2013203321', 'Application No. 2012211498', 'Application No. 201210478344', 'Application No. 2012211498', 'Application No. 2', 'application No. 2008218716', 'Application No. 42260', 'Application No. 93910942', 'Application No. 02076018', 'Application No. 2008800128440', 'Application No. 2008800128440', 'Application No. 201010145733', 'Application No. 2', 'Application No. 2012211498', 'Application No. 08747030', 'Application No. 2', 'Application No. 08873178', 'Application No. 2013203321', 'Application No. 201210478344', 'Application No. 08873178', 'Application No. 08730271', 'Application No. 2', 'Application No. 200880128616', 'Application No. 200880128616', 'Application No. 08', 'Application No. 08', 'Application No. 2010', 'Application No. 2010', 'Application No. 02076018', 'Application No. 02076018', 'Application No. 02076018', 'Application No. 02076018', 'Application No. 02076018', 'Application No. 02076018', 'Application No. 02076018', 'Application No. 02076018', 'Application No. 02076018', 'Application No. 02076018', 'Application No. 02076018', 'Application No. 02076018', 'Application No. 02076018', 'Application No. 02076018', 'Application No. 201310050752', 'Application No. 08730271']

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Patent Publication Number: 20140137146
Inventors: Alexander Pavlovich Topchy (New Port Richey, FL), Arun Ramaswamy (Tampa, FL), Venugopal Srinivasan (Palm Harbor, FL)
Application Number: 14/074,499
International Classification: H04H 60/58 (20080101); G11B 27/28 (20060101); G06F 17/30 (20060101); H04N 21/442 (20110101); H04N 21/8358 (20110101); G10L 25/48 (20130101); H04H 60/66 (20080101); H04H 60/37 (20080101);