Device and method for providing services to a user of a TV set
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1. A communication device comprising:
- a first transceiver adapted to communicate wirelessly with a service provider via a remote server, wherein information comprised in signals unicasted from said remote server is transmitted towards said communication device;
a second transceiver adapted to communicate with a TV broadcaster and to receive TV broadcasted signals therefrom;
a processor configured to process the unicasted signals and TV broadcasted signals, and integrate information contained therein into one integrated TV signal; and
a TV interface adapted to allow forwarding the one integrated TV signal to said display of the TV device such that one integrated TV signal can be displayed on the TV device;
wherein said communication device is configured to be comprised within a TV device for use at the premise of a viewer.
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Abstract
A communication device is provided for enabling a TV viewer to transmit signals towards a service provider. The communication device has: a user interface adapted to receive input signal from the TV viewer; a transceiver adapted to communicate wirelessly with a service provider via a remote server; and a TV interface adapted to allow forwarding of signals received from a TV source and of signals received from a service provider, towards a TV device of the TV viewer. Preferably the signals received from both sources are displayed simultaneously within different viewing windows at the screen of the TV device.
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1. A communication device comprising:
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a first transceiver adapted to communicate wirelessly with a service provider via a remote server, wherein information comprised in signals unicasted from said remote server is transmitted towards said communication device; a second transceiver adapted to communicate with a TV broadcaster and to receive TV broadcasted signals therefrom; a processor configured to process the unicasted signals and TV broadcasted signals, and integrate information contained therein into one integrated TV signal; and a TV interface adapted to allow forwarding the one integrated TV signal to said display of the TV device such that one integrated TV signal can be displayed on the TV device; wherein said communication device is configured to be comprised within a TV device for use at the premise of a viewer.
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2. A communication device for use at a TV viewer premises, configured to integrate at the TV viewer premises signals received from at least two different sources, so as to enable displaying of one integrated TV signal on a TV device located at the TV viewer premises, said communication device comprising:
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a user interface adapted to receive input signals from a TV viewer; a first transceiver adapted to communicate wirelessly with a service provider via a remote server, wherein information comprised in signals unicasted from said remote server is transmitted towards said communication device; a second transceiver adapted to communicate with a TV broadcaster and to receive TV broadcasted signals therefrom; a processor configured to process the unicasted signals and TV broadcasted signals, and integrate information contained therein into one integrated TV signal; and a TV interface adapted to allow forwarding the one integrated TV signal that has been integrated by said processor, directly to the TV device of said TV viewer; and wherein said processor is further configured to process TV broadcasted signals upon receiving said TV broadcasted signals transmitted from said remote server towards said first transceiver, have the information contained therein integrated together with said unicasted signals into one integrated TV signal, and have the one integrated TV signal forwarded to the TV device of said TV viewer. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A method for providing a viewer of a TV device with a capability to display an integrated TV signal on a TV device, the method comprises the steps of:
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broadcasting TV signals from a TV broadcaster towards a communication device comprised within said TV device, wherein said communication device is located at a TV viewer premises, and receiving the TV broadcasted signals thereat; at a remote server, receiving from said communication device, an indication that indicates a request to be provided with information, wherein said communication device is operative to communicate wirelessly with said remote server; establishing a communication path between said communication device and a source for said requested information via said remote server; forwarding requested information towards said communication device within signals that are unicasted to said communication device; integrating, by a processor comprised in said communication device, information comprised in the signals unicasted from the remote server to the communication device, with information comprised in signals broadcasted by said TV broadcaster, into said integrated TV signal; and forwarding the integrated TV signal, directly to the TV device for display. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11)
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