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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Dec. 12, 2006

Filed:

Feb. 20, 2001
Applicants:

Chinn Chin, Cupertino, CA (US);

Shahab Layeghi, Redwood City, CA (US);

Fahri Surucu, Fremont, CA (US);

Inventors:

Chinn Chin, Cupertino, CA (US);

Shahab Layeghi, Redwood City, CA (US);

Fahri Surucu, Fremont, CA (US);

Assignee:

Intervideo, Inc., Fremont, CA (US);

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

A method for embedding a non-audio file into a compressed audio file is disclosed. The disclosed method is capable of decoding and constructing previously encoded audio files with embedded non-audio information. The method of the present invention also includes steps for embedding the non-audio information at the proper time within the compressed audio file, wherein the decoded non-audio information can link to an Internet document for viewing during playback of the decoded audio source.


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