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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.

Patent No.:

US 8306391 B1

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Date of Patent:
Nov. 06, 2012

Filed:

May. 08, 2006
Applicants:

Manoj Viswambharan, Morganville, NJ (US);

Louis Robert Litwin, Edison, NJ (US);

Inventors:

Manoj Viswambharan, Morganville, NJ (US);

Louis Robert Litwin, Edison, NJ (US);

Assignee:

Thomson Licensing, Boulogne Billancourt, FR;

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 9/80 (2006.01); H04N 5/76 (2006.01); H04N 5/445 (2011.01); H04N 5/765 (2006.01); H04N 5/775 (2006.01); H04N 5/783 (2006.01); H04N 5/917 (2006.01); H04N 5/937 (2006.01); H04N 7/16 (2011.01); H04N 7/173 (2011.01); G06F 15/16 (2006.01); G06F 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A method for operating a data reproduction device enables users to resume reproduction of audio and/or video content across different devices of the same or different type. According to an exemplary embodiment, the method includes steps of receiving first index data from a different data reproduction device wherein the first index data indicates a first position in content in a first format and the content includes at least one of audio and video data, determining a second position in the content in a second format using the first index data, and enabling reproduction of the content in the second format beginning from the second position.


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