Method and apparatus for displaying television programs and related text
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Abstract
A television viewer uses a PIP format for display of program related information such as television program listings from a program schedule data base in the background and moving, real time or stored video clip images of a program selected from the displayed listings in the PIP window. All the text of the background information lies outside the PIP window. In one embodiment, as the viewer selects a particular program from the display of current television program listings by means of a cursor or a code number, the corresponding program automatically appears in the PIP window.
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47 Claims
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32. A method for displaying an advertisement and related information on user equipment, comprising:
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displaying an advertisement in a first area of a display screen; and simultaneously displaying local advertisement information about the displayed advertisement in a second, nonoverlapping, area of the display screen, wherein the local advertisement information is delivered to the user equipment contemporaneously with the advertisement and decoded separately therefrom. - View Dependent Claims (33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39)
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40. A system for displaying an advertisement and related information, comprising:
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a display screen; and user equipment connected to the display screen that is configured to; display an advertisement in a first area of the display screen; and simultaneously display local advertisement information about the displayed advertisement in a second, nonoverlapping, area of the display screen, wherein the local advertisement information is delivered to the user equipment contemporaneously with the advertisement and decoded separately therefrom. - View Dependent Claims (41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47)
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