Patent ID: 8527581

Claim:
A method of synchronizing a first device capable of displaying multimedia content and including the multimedia content, and a second device capable of displaying E-book content associated with the multimedia content and including the E-book content, the method comprising: connecting the first device to the second device according to a specific protocol; in response to a specific event for the multimedia content or the E-book content occurring in one of the first device and the second device, generating event information about the specific event and transmitting the event information to the other one of the first device and the second device by the device in which the specific event occurred; performing the specific event according to the generated event information by the device in which the specific event occurred; and performing, by the other device that received the event information, the specific event according to the received event information in synchronization with the device in which the specific event occurred, using synchronization information between the multimedia content and the E-book content; wherein the first device and the second device have the synchronization information, and wherein the performing the specific event by the other device that received event information and the performing the specific event by the device occur at substantially the same time.