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USOO8527640B2 (12) United States Patent (10) Patent No.: US 8,527,640 B2 Reisman (45) Date of Patent: Sep. 3, 2013 (54) METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR BROWSING 5,396,546 A 3, 1995 Remillard USING MULTIPLE COORONATED DEVICE 5,404,393 A 4/1995 Remillard SETS 5,410,326 A 4/1995 Goldstein 5,440,624 A * 8/1995 Schoof, II ................ 379,202.01 5,479.268 A 12/1995 Young et al. (75) Inventor: Richard Reisman, New York, NY (US) 5,648,824 A 7/1997 Dunn et al. 5,689,353 A 11/1997 Darbee et al. (73) Assignee: Teleshuttle Tech2, LLC, New York, NY 5,699,526 A 12/1997 Siefert (US) 5,721,906 A 2, 1998 Siefert 5,761,606 A 6, 1998 Wolzein (*) Notice: Subject to any disclaimer, the term of this 32:3: A g E. al patent is extended or adjusted under 35 5,778.256 A 7, 1998 Darbee U.S.C. 154(b) by 183 days. (Continued) (21) Appl. No.: 12/552,992 FOREIGN PATENT DOCUMENTS EP 106.1490 A2 12/2000 (22) Filed: Sep. 2, 2009 GB 234.8587. A 10, 2000 (65) Prior Publication Data (Continued) US 2009/0319672 A1 Dec. 24, 2009 OTHER PUBLICATIONS Prototypes, field tryouts proceed for enhancedTV. By Steve Behrens, Related U.S. Application Data http://www.current.org/dtv/dtv013e.html, printed Jun. 30, 2004 (63) Continuation of application No. 10/434,042, filed on (document states Jul. 17, 2000). May 8, 2003, now Pat. No. 7,899,915. (Continued) (51) Int. Cl. Primary Examiner — Hieu Hoang G06F 15/16 (2006.01) (74) Attorney, Agent, or Firm — Cooley LLP (52) U.S. Cl. USPC ............................ 709/228; 709/227; 709/229 (57) ABSTRACT (58) Field of Classification Search Systems and methods for navigating hypermedia using mul USPCSee application .................................................. file for complete search history709/227 229 tipleirol coordinateddinated input/input/output devidevice sets. 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