US Patent No: 7,412,484

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Customizable media player with online/offline capabilities

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Abstract

An information dissemination system comprises an Internet-connected server adapted for gathering information from plural sources, and sorting the information according to subscriber preferences. The sorted information is transmitted via the Internet to a subscriber's Internet Appliance (IA) as electronic documents, where the documents are downloaded to a connected playback device. The playback device may be disconnected from the PC, and the information electronic documents rendered as speech to a speaker in the playback device by a text-to-speech system. In a preferred embodiment annotation is added at the Internet-connected server to control speech characteristics, such as inflection, upon playback. In some embodiments updates may be made by radio with the playback device disconnected from the IA.

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Patent OwnerAddressTotal Patents
YUZALLA INVESTMENTS LLCDOVER, DE5

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Inventor(s)

Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Kikinis, Dan Saratoga, CA 330 7829

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Patent Citation Ranking

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SPRINT COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY L.P. (2)
8,046,803 Contextual multimedia metatagging 0 2006
8,060,407 Method for providing personalized, targeted advertisements during playback of media 1 2007
 
MICROSOFT CORPORATION (1)
8,001,002 Interactively presenting advertising content offline 0 2007

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