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Patent US8214741 - Synchronization of video and data - Google PatentsSearch Images Maps Play YouTube News Gmail Drive More »Sign inAdvanced Patent SearchPatentsA system including a video stream and a data stream. The system synchronizes the data stream to different portions of the video stream....http://www.google.com/patents/US8214741?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US8214741 - Synchronization of video and dataAdvanced Patent SearchPublication numberUS8214741 B2Publication typeGrantApplication numberUS 10/155,269Publication dateJul 3, 2012Filing dateMay 22, 2002Priority dateMar 19, 2002Also published asUS7793205, US7853865, US20030182620, US20050271146, US20050271269Publication number10155269, 155269, US 8214741 B2, US 8214741B2, US-B2-8214741, US8214741 B2, US8214741B2InventorsJames Errico, Baoxin LiOriginal AssigneeSharp Laboratories Of America, Inc.Export CitationBiBTeX, EndNote, RefManPatent Citations (106), Non-Patent Citations (120), Referenced by (1), Classifications (17), Legal Events (2) External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, EspacenetSynchronization of video and data
The terms and expressions which have been employed in the foregoing specification are used therein as terms of description and not of limitation, and there is no intention, in the use of such terms and expressions, of excluding equivalents of the features shown and described or portions thereof, it being recognized that the scope of the invention is defined and limited only by the claims which follow. 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