METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR OVERLAYING GRAPHICS ON VIDEO
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1. Apparatus, comprising:
- TV display;
processor associated with the TV; and
tangible computer-readable storage medium accessible to the processor and bearing instructions to cause the processor to execute logic comprising;
receiving a main content video stream from a content source, a video plane being established based on the main content video stream;
receiving plural graphics content streams, each graphic content stream being associated With a respective content rating;
accessing a rating setting input by a user of the TV display;
based on the rating setting, selecting a first one of the graphics content streams;
establishing a graphics plane using the first graphics content stream; and
overlaying the graphics plane onto the video plane.
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Abstract
Information received on a side channel from a TV content source is placed in a graphics plane of a TV and overlaid onto a video plane of the TV, which contains content from a main channel. The graphics plane content in each side channel may be keyed to content ratings setting so that the TV selects the side channel appropriate for a user-input rating setting of the TV and overlays the content of the side channel onto the video plane, to thereby conform the composite image that is displayed on the TV to the viewer-input ratings setting.
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18 Claims
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1. Apparatus, comprising:
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TV display; processor associated with the TV; and tangible computer-readable storage medium accessible to the processor and bearing instructions to cause the processor to execute logic comprising; receiving a main content video stream from a content source, a video plane being established based on the main content video stream; receiving plural graphics content streams, each graphic content stream being associated With a respective content rating; accessing a rating setting input by a user of the TV display; based on the rating setting, selecting a first one of the graphics content streams; establishing a graphics plane using the first graphics content stream; and overlaying the graphics plane onto the video plane. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. Apparatus, comprising:
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TV display, processor associated with the TV; and tangible computer-readable storage medium accessible to the processor and bearing instructions to cause the processor to execute logic comprising; receiving a main content video stream from a content source, a video plane being established based on the main content video stream; receiving at least one graphics content stream; establishing a graphics plane using the graphics content stream; and overlaying the graphics plane onto the video plane, wherein the graphics content stream in the graphics plane covers at least one predetermined region of the video plane, the predetermined region not being the entire video plane, wherein the predetermined region of the video plane includes a placard indicating that “
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content can be obtained for remuneration, wherein upon verification of a remuneration signal from the processor, a signal is received by the processor to use the graphics content stream, the graphics content stream being used to generate the graphics plane.
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9. Apparatus, comprising:
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TV display; processor associated with the TV; and tangible computer-readable storage medium accessible to the processor and bearing instructions to cause the processor to execute logic comprising; receiving a main content video stream from a content source, a video plane being established based on the main content video stream; wherein the main content video stream is a full video stream, and the logic executed by the processor comprises automatically placing at least one placard in a graphics plane and overlaying the graphics plane on the video plane to block at least one predetermined location of the video plane, the logic removing the placard from view upon receipt of an authorization signal.
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10. Apparatus, comprising:
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TV display; processor associated with the TV; and tangible computer-readable storage medium accessible to the processor and bearing instructions to cause the processor to execute logic comprising; receiving a main content video stream from a content source, a video plane being established based on the main content video stream, the video plane including at least one original object; wherein the main content video stream is a full video stream, and the logic executed by the processor comprises generating a graphics plane bearing an image of a replacement object and overlaying the graphics plane on the video plane such that the replacement object completely overlaps the original object and only the original object. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12)
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13. Apparatus, comprising:
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TV display; processor associated with the TV; and tangible computer-readable storage medium accessible to the processor and bearing instructions to cause the processor to execute logic comprising; receiving a main content video stream from a content source, a video plane being established based on the main content video stream; wherein the main content video stream is a full video stream, and the logic executed by the processor comprises generating a graphics plane bearing an image of a new object not in the video plane and overlaying the graphics plane on the video plane such that the new object appears with the main content video stream.
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14. Method comprising:
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receiving content on plural side channels from a TV content source; the contents of the side channels being keyed to respective rating settings; accessing a user-input ratings setting to the TV; the TV selecting a side channel corresponding to the user-input ratings setting; establishing a graphics plane using the side channel corresponding to the user-input ratings setting; overlaying the graphics plane onto the video plane to thereby conform a composite image that is displayed on the TV to the user-input ratings setting. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18)
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