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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 21, 2011
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2003
John W. Northcutt, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Charles Randall Yates, Fuquay-Varina, NC (US);
Robert A. Zak, Apex, NC (US);
John W. Northcutt, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Charles Randall Yates, Fuquay-Varina, NC (US);
Robert A. Zak, Apex, NC (US);
Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB, Lund, SE;
Abstract
A mobile communications device has a wireless transceiver to facilitate communications, memory, and a processor. The processor may be configured to analyze an audio file stored in the memory, and extract or generate synchronizing information from the audio file. The processor synchronizes one or more complementary multi-media effects, such as lights, a camera, or a tactile feedback generator, with the audio file based on the synchronizing information. Alternatively, a user may input synchronizing information about the audio file via an interface on the communications device. The processor may then control the complementary multi-media effects in synchronization with the input synchronizing information.