Patents by Inventor Erik C. Attkisson

Erik C. Attkisson has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20020193895
    Abstract: In one embodiment of the present invention a user interface for synchronizing multimedia files into an audio bit stream is provided. The interface includes the ability to retrieve an audio file having at least a voice recording and retrieve multimedia files. When the multimedia file includes lyrical data that corresponds to the voice recording on the audio file, the interface provides the ability to define syllable tags within the lyrical data. The interface may then synchronize the at least one multimedia file with the audio file, and when the multimedia file includes lyrical data, synchronize the lyrical data with the voice recording in accordance with the syllables tags. Such that the synchronizing generates an intermediate file that includes for each multimedia file at least one corresponding time stamp to indicate the position and time for where the multimedia file is to be synchronized within the audio file.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2002
    Publication date: December 19, 2002
    Inventors: Ziqiang Qian, Zheng Ouyang, Scott Bytnar, Erik C. Attkisson