Creation and transmission of rich content media

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8856118
APP PUB NO 20070100904A1
SERIAL NO

11264190

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A method of playing a rich content stream that includes a media stream and a descriptive stream. The method may include the steps of receiving the rich content stream at a media player, where the descriptive stream is generated from a rich content file executed separately from a source for the media stream, and where the media stream and the descriptive stream are received as separate streams at the media player. The method may also include synchronizing the media stream and the descriptive stream at the media player so that information in the descriptive stream is temporally synchronized with media content playing from the media stream. In addition the method may include activating the playing of the descriptive stream while the media stream is playing on the media player, where descriptive content from the descriptive stream is not played on the media player until being activated by a user.

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  • QWEST COMMUNICATIONS INTERNATIONAL INC.

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Casey, Steven M Littleton, US 192 5051
Cook, Charles I Louisville, US 158 4520
Selvadurai, Gnanasegeran Lafayette, US 15 970
Sprenger, Michael D Boulder, US 41 873

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