WO2001096983A3 - Dual deck multimedia device - Google Patents

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WO2001096983A3
WO2001096983A3 PCT/US2001/019047 US0119047W WO0196983A3 WO 2001096983 A3 WO2001096983 A3 WO 2001096983A3 US 0119047 W US0119047 W US 0119047W WO 0196983 A3 WO0196983 A3 WO 0196983A3
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multimedia
multimedia device
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housing
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John Berkheimer
Christopher Chevalier
Stephen G T Maine
Christopher Porter
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Sensory Science Corp
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Abstract

A multimedia device (Fig. 1) having control and routing (Fig. 2, 'switches 18 and 16') of multimedia content through its interconnection, wherein the device (Figs. 1-2), enables viewing and listening, multimedia searching and fetching, while simultaneously recording other content, through a single user interface (Fig. 1). The device comprises various embodiments one with VTR/VCR/tape and DVD decks in one single housing, suitable sources include analog or digital systems, hard disk drives, optical, solid state memory, and other removable or fixed media, wherein any number of decks may be included into the housing of the multimedia device of (Fig. 1).
PCT/US2001/019047 2000-06-15 2001-06-14 Dual deck multimedia device WO2001096983A2 (en)

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