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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 18, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 12, 2008
Jacobus Cornelis Haartsen, Hardenberg, NL;
Sten Minör, Lund, SE;
Bengt Stavenow, Lund, SE;
William O. Camp, Jr., Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Ronald A. Louks, Durham, NC (US);
Björn Martin Gunnar Lindquist, Bjärred, SE;
Jacobus Cornelis Haartsen, Hardenberg, NL;
Sten Minör, Lund, SE;
Bengt Stavenow, Lund, SE;
William O. Camp, Jr., Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Ronald A. Louks, Durham, NC (US);
Björn Martin Gunnar Lindquist, Bjärred, SE;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Sony Mobile Communications AB, Lund, SE;
Abstract
An audio playback device and method searches initiates a web search for images related to music or other audio files being played, downloads images from selected web pages returned by the search engine, and outputs one or more images from the selected web pages on a display to enhance the user's listening experience.