Method and system for overlaying videos in a television set using a television script

• US 10,091,438 B1
• Filed: 12/09/2014
• Issued: 10/02/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 10/09/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: TP Lab, Inc.
• Original Assignee: TP Lab, Inc.
• Inventors: Ho, Chi Fai, Chiu, Shin Cheung Simon, Chung, Bok Knun Randolph
• Primary Examiner(s): Tran, Thai
• Assistant Examiner(s): Hasan, Syed
• Application Number:
  US14/565,229
• Time in Patent Office: 1,393 Days
• Field of Search: 348565, 348581, 709229, 715700, 715741, 715742, 715743, 725110, 725 37, 725109, 725131
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/305 by remotely controlling device operation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0481 based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/451 Execution arrangements for user interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/10 for controlling access to devices or network resources
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/40 Network security protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/426 Internal components of the client ; Characteristics thereof H04N5/44 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4316 for displaying supplemental content in a region of the screen, e.g. an advertisement in a separate window
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4438 Window management, e.g. event handling following interaction with the user interface
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47 End-user applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4886 for displaying a ticker, e.g. scrolling banner for news, stock exchange, weather data
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8543 using a description language, e.g. Multimedia and Hypermedia information coding Expert Group [MHEG], eXtensible Markup Language [XML] information retrieval of semistructured data, the underlying structure being taken into account, e.g. mark-up language structure data G06F16/80
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/2628 Alteration of picture size, shape, position or orientation, e.g. zooming, rotation, rolling, perspective, translation
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/265 Mixing
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/272 Means for inserting a foreground image in a background image, i.e. inlay, outlay
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/45 Picture in picture , e.g. displaying simultaneously another television channel in a region of the screen

Abstract

Method and system for overlaying videos in a television include: receiving a plurality of video signals directly from a plurality of video sources by the television; receiving and processing a script by the television, the script includes instructions for placing a first picture from a first video signal of the plurality of video signals in a first position at a first depth value on a display coupled to the television, and instructions for placing a second picture from a second video signal of the plurality of video signals in a second position at a second depth value on the display; and simultaneously displaying the first picture and the second picture on the display by the television in an overlayed manner, the first picture being displayed at the first position and at the first depth value, the second picture being displayed at the second position and at the second depth value.

Claims

1. A television as a client device, comprising:

a processor; and

a non-transitory computer readable medium having computer readable code for processing video signals, wherein when executed by the processor causes the television to;

receive a plurality of video signals directly from a plurality of video sources over Internet via a network interface module connected to a data network connecting to the Internet;

receive a first software script over the network interface module from the data network connecting to the Internet, the first software script comprising first web programming instructions, second web programming instructions, and instructions to obtain a second software script;

execute the first web programming instructions by the television, wherein in executing the first web programming instructions, the television places a first picture from a first video signal of the plurality of video signals in a first position on a display coupled to the television;

execute the second web programming instructions by the television, wherein in executing the second web programming instructions, the television places a second picture from a second video signal of the plurality of video signals in a second position at a first depth indication on the display, and displays the second picture overlaying on top of the first picture;

execute the instructions, by the television, to obtain the second software script;

receive the second software script over the network interface module from the data network connecting to the Internet, the second software script comprising third web programming instructions; and

execute the third web programming instructions, wherein in executing the third web programming instructions, the television moves the first picture to a third position at a second depth indication on the display as specified by the third web programming instructions, wherein while the first picture is being moved, the first picture is displayed overlaying on top of the second picture based on the second depth indication.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the second software script comprises viewer information, wherein the instructions to obtain the second software script is based on the viewer information.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein the viewer information comprises at least one of viewer demographic information and viewer subscription information.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the first picture placed at the first position has a size,

wherein in executing the third web programming instructions, the first picture is displayed with a different size.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the third web programming instructions comprise an animation, wherein in executing the third web programming instructions, the first picture is moved using the animation.

6. The system of claim 5, wherein the animation comprises one or more of the following:

a rotation;

a scaling;

a translation;

a spinning;

transparency; and

a three-dimensional animation effect.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the third web programming instructions comprise one or more of the following:

Javascript;

HTML; and

Visual Basic.

8. A method for displaying videos on a television as a client device, comprising:

receiving a plurality of video signals directly from a plurality of video sources over Internet by the television via a network interface module connected to a data network connecting to the Internet;

receiving a first software script by the television over the network interface module from the data network connecting to the Internet, the first software script comprising first web programming instructions, second web programming instructions, and instructions to obtain a second software script;

executing the first web programming instructions by the television, wherein in executing the first web programming instructions, the television places a first picture from a first video signal of the plurality of video signals in a first position on a display coupled to the television;

executing the second web programming instructions by the television, wherein in executing the second web programming instructions, the television places a second picture from a second video signal of the plurality of video signals in a second position at a first depth indication, and display the second picture overlaying on top of the first picture;

executing the instructions, by the television, to obtain the second software script;

receiving the second software script by the television using the network interface module from the data network connecting to the Internet, the second software script comprising third web programming instructions; and

executing the third web programming instructions by the television, wherein in executing the third web programming instructions, the television moves the first picture to a third position at a second depth indication on the display as specified by the third web programming instructions, wherein while the first picture is being moved, the first picture is displayed overlaying on top of the second picture based on the second depth indication.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the second software script comprises viewer information, wherein the instructions to obtain the second software script is based on the viewer information.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the viewer information comprises at least one of viewer demographic information and viewer subscription information.

11. The method of claim 8, wherein the first picture placed at the first position has a size,

wherein in executing the third web programming instructions, the first picture is displayed with a different size.

12. The method of claim 8, wherein the third web programming instructions comprise an animation, wherein in executing the third web programming instructions, the first picture is moved using the animation.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the animation comprises one or more of the following:

a rotation;

a scaling;

a translation;

a spinning;

transparency; and

a three-dimensional animation effect.

14. The method of claim 8, wherein the third web programming instructions comprise one or more of the following:

Javascript;

HTML; and

Visual Basic.

15. The method of claim 8, wherein the moving of the first picture to the third position is executed based on the third web programming instructions in response to a viewer selection of the first picture.

16. A non-transitory computer readable medium having computer readable code for processing video signals received by a television as a client device, the computer readable code configured to:

receive a plurality of video signals directly from a plurality of video sources over Internet by the television via a network interface module connected to a data network connecting to the Internet;

receive a first software script by the television over the network interface module from the data network connecting to the Internet, the first software script comprising first web programming instructions, second web programming instructions, and instructions to obtain a second software script;

execute the first web programming instructions by the television, wherein in executing the first web programming instructions, the television places a first picture from a first video signal of the plurality of video signals in a first position on a display coupled to the television;

execute the second web programming instructions by the television, wherein in executing the second web programming instructions, the television places a second picture from a second video signal of the plurality of video signals in a second position at a first depth indication, and display the second picture overlaying on top of the first picture;

execute the instructions, by the television, to obtain the second software script;

receive the second software script by the television over the network interface module from the data network connecting to the Internet, the second software script comprising third web programming instructions; and

execute the third web programming instructions by the television, wherein in executing the third web programming instructions, the television moves the first picture to a third position at a second depth indication on the display as specified by the third web programming instructions, wherein while the first picture is being moved, the first picture is displayed overlaying on top of the second picture based on the second depth indication.

17. The medium of claim 16, wherein the second software script comprises viewer information, wherein the instructions to obtain the second software script is based on the viewer information.

18. The medium of claim 17, wherein the viewer information comprises at least one of viewer demographic information and viewer subscription information.

19. The medium of claim 16, wherein the first picture placed at the first position has a size,

wherein in executing the third web programming instructions, the first picture is displayed with a different size.

20. The medium of claim 16, wherein the third web programming instructions comprise an animation, wherein in executing the third web programming instructions, the first picture is moved using the animation.

21. The medium of claim 20, wherein the animation comprises one or more of the following:

a rotation;

a scaling;

a translation;

a spinning;

transparency; and

a three-dimensional animation effect.

22. The medium of claim 16, wherein the third web programming instructions comprise one or more of the following:

Javascript;

HTML; and

Visual Basic.