System and method for enhancing a serial transmission
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1. A system for enhancing a serial transmission with data and presenting it on a display comprising:
- means for positioning and displaying the serial transmission on the display;
at least one data collector supplying the data;
at least one viewer selectable graphics object having an appearance, wherein each of said at least one graphics object is connected to a corresponding one of said at least one data collector and wherein each graphics object appearance is modified according to the data of said corresponding one of said at least one data collector; and
means for positioning and presenting said at least one graphics object on the display.
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Abstract
A system and method for enhancing a serial transmission, such as for example, a television broadcast by combining selected data with the conventional serial transmission signal is described herein. The type of data is selected via a template that is used to merge and format the data. The data is combined with the serial transmissions to yield an enhanced serial transmission.
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1. A system for enhancing a serial transmission with data and presenting it on a display comprising:
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means for positioning and displaying the serial transmission on the display;
at least one data collector supplying the data;
at least one viewer selectable graphics object having an appearance, wherein each of said at least one graphics object is connected to a corresponding one of said at least one data collector and wherein each graphics object appearance is modified according to the data of said corresponding one of said at least one data collector; and
means for positioning and presenting said at least one graphics object on the display. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method for a viewer'"'"'s customization of the presentation of a serial transmission and data on a display comprising:
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positioning and displaying the serial transmission on the display;
providing at least one graphics object having respective appearances;
selecting at least one graphics object having an appearance;
positioning said at least one graphics object on the display;
providing at least one data collector having data;
connecting said selected at least one graphics object to a corresponding one of said at least one data collector;
transferring the data from said corresponding data collector to said at least one graphics object;
wherein each graphics object appearance is modified according to the data of said corresponding data collector; and
displaying said at least one graphic object on the display. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13)
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14. An interactive system for modifying graphics displayed with a serial transmission comprising:
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means for requesting viewer input;
means for receiving and processing said viewer input and having an output;
at least one graphics object having an appearance;
means for modifying said appearance of said at least one graphics object connected to said receiving and processing means, wherein said at least one graphics object appearance is modified according to said output;
means for combining said output with the serial transmission to form an enhanced serial transmission. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16)
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17. A method for enhancing a serial transmission and displaying this enhanced transmission on a display comprising the steps of:
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in a pre-production phase;
creating a template including at least one graphics object;
making the template available;
in a post production phase;
providing a serial transmission;
providing at least one data collector having data;
acquiring said template;
linking said at least one graphics object of the template to a corresponding data collector;
modifying said at least one graphics object according to the real time modified data of the data collector; and
displaying the combination of said serial transmission and said at least one graphics object on the display. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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