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Date of Patent:
Sep. 12, 2006

Filed:

Apr. 09, 2001
Applicants:

Brandon Duncan, San Jose, CA (US);

Joshua Seth Hodas, Claremont, CA (US);

Jared Joseph Jackson, San Jose, CA (US);

Walter Irwin Nissen, Iii, Livermore, CA (US);

Neelakantan Sundaresan, San Jose, CA (US);

Inventors:

Brandon Duncan, San Jose, CA (US);

Joshua Seth Hodas, Claremont, CA (US);

Jared Joseph Jackson, San Jose, CA (US);

Walter Irwin Nissen, III, Livermore, CA (US);

Neelakantan Sundaresan, San Jose, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/00 (2006.01); G06F 9/00 (2006.01); G06F 15/00 (2006.01); G06F 17/00 (2006.01); G10L 21/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

An electronic book device runs at least two output mode threads—one graphics, and one audio—such that the device can both graphically display book content, and play the content over a speaker in the device. Annotations can be made audibly or graphically, and user commands can likewise be made audibly or graphically.


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