US Patent No: 7,711,795

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System, method and article of manufacture for remote control and navigation of local content

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Abstract

A system, method and article of manufacture are provided for use in playing back content. Some embodiments provide a method for use in content playback by accessing an embedded object embedded within object oriented programming stored on a portable storage media where the embedded object controls playback of content, communicating a navigation command from the embedded object within the object oriented programming to the content, altering a register in response to the navigation command communicated, and controlling the playback of the content in response to the altering of the register.

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Patent OwnerAddressTotal Patents
SONIC SOLUTIONS LLCSANTA CLARA, CA42

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Inventor(s)

Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Collart, Todd R Los Altos, CA 44 1821
Getsin, Evgeniy M Englewood, CO 10 279
Lamkin, Allan B San Diego, CA 34 1464
Lewis, Michael J Aurora, CO 14 208

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