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Date of Patent:
Sep. 20, 2016

Filed:

Jun. 27, 2012
Applicants:

Casey Maureen Dougherty, San Francisco, CA (US);

Gregory Robbin, Mountain View, CA (US);

Melissa Breglio Hajj, San Francisco, CA (US);

Inventors:

Casey Maureen Dougherty, San Francisco, CA (US);

Gregory Robbin, Mountain View, CA (US);

Melissa Breglio Hajj, San Francisco, CA (US);

Assignee:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 29/06 (2006.01); G09B 5/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G09B 5/062 (2013.01);
Abstract

A narration session between a plurality of participants can be set up to allow participants to collaboratively narrate an electronic book. Information can be transmitted to each participant so that the views of the participants remain in sync. Visual cues can also be transmitted to notify a participant of text that is to read aloud and audio snippets of read text are collected to form a narration file. Participants without access rights to the electronic book can be granted temporary rights.


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Dougherty, Casey. (2016). Systems and methods for narrating electronic books (U.S. Patent No. 9449523). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/9449523

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