System and method for selectively displaying scrolling news ticker on TV

• US 20050094032A1
• Filed: 10/29/2003
• Published: 05/05/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 10/29/2003
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: John L. Rogitz
• Original Assignee: John L. Rogitz
• Inventors: Rogitz, John L.
• Application Number:
  US10/696,141
• Publication Number:
  US 20050094032A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 348/553
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4221 Dedicated function buttons, e.g. for the control of an EPG, subtitles, aspect ratio, picture-in-picture or teletext
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4542 Blocking scenes or portions of the received content, e.g. censoring scenes
• 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

Abstract

A TV viewer can rid himself of annoying scrolling messages at the bottom of a newscast simply by manipulating a button on a remote control, so that he can remain blissfully undistracted as he watches the news while, e.g., sipping a beer.

Claims

1. A TV system, comprising:

a receiver including a TV tuner;

a TV display configured for receiving at least one televised newscast from the tuner and in response thereto displaying a video portion and an alpha-numeric portion scrolling across the video portion; and

at least one control device manipulable by a viewer of the TV display to remove the alpha-numeric portion from view.

2. The TV system of claim 1, wherein the TV tuner is a digital tuner.

3. The TV system of claim 1, further comprising a digital processing device receiving a viewer-generated suppress signal and in response removing the alpha-numeric portion from view on the display.

4. The TV system of claim 3, wherein the processing device suppresses the alpha-numeric portion in a video stream.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the control device is a human-manipulable remote control device.

6. A method for operating a TV system including a receiver and a TV tuner, comprising:

receiving a newscast;

identifying an action/video portion in the newscast;

identifying a scrolling portion in the newscast; and

in response to a user-generated signal, preventing the scrolling portion from being displayed on a TV monitor with the action/video portion of the newscast.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the identifying act is done based at least in part on information in the newscast.

8. The method of claim 6, wherein the identifying act is done based at least in part on logical recognition of elements in the newscast.