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Patent US9317486 - Synchronizing playback of digital content with captured physical content - Google Patents
A computing device may provide a visual cue to items of content (for example, words in a book) synchronized with the playback of companion content (for example, audio content corresponding to the book). Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to a content playback synchronization system for...http://www.google.ca/patents/US9317486?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US9317486 - Synchronizing playback of digital content with captured physical content
Publication number US9317486 B1
Application number US 13/913,143
Publication number 13913143, 913143, US 9317486 B1, US 9317486B1, US-B1-9317486, US9317486 B1, US9317486B1
Inventors Guy Ashley Story, JR., Nathan Garret Brothers, Ajay Arora, Douglas Scott Goldstein
Patent Citations (273), Non-Patent Citations (50), Referenced by (4), Classifications (9), Legal Events (1)
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International Classification G06F17/22, G09B5/00
Cooperative Classification G06F3/0425, G06K9/00469, G06F2203/0381, G06F3/0487, G06F3/0304, G06K9/2063, G06F17/22