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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 06, 2006
Filed:
Nov. 29, 2001
Karen I. Trovato, Putnam Valley, NY (US);
Dongge LI, Ossining, NY (US);
Muralidharan Ramaswamy, Danbury, CT (US);
Karen I. Trovato, Putnam Valley, NY (US);
Dongge Li, Ossining, NY (US);
Muralidharan Ramaswamy, Danbury, CT (US);
Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
A method of synchronizing visual information with audio playback includes the steps of selecting a desired audio file from a list stored in memory associated with a display device, sending a signal from the display device to a separate playback device to cause the separate playback device to start playing the desired audio file; and displaying visual information associated with the desired audio file on the display device in accordance with timestamp data such that the visual information is displayed synchronously with the playing of the desired audio file, wherein the commencement of playing the desired audio file and the commencement of the displaying step are a function of the signal from the display device.