Method and system communication establishment utilizing captured and processed visually perceptible data within a broadcast video signal
First Claim
1. A method for capturing and processing visually perceptible data within broadcast video signals, said method comprising the steps of:
- transmitting a broadcast video signal comprising a plurality of video frames, wherein at least certain of said plurality of video frames include visually perceptible data;
receiving said broadcast video signal utilizing a television receiver;
selectively capturing and storing within a data processing system coupled to said television receiver at least one video frame within said received broadcast video signal which includes visually perceptible data within;
processing said stored at least one video frame within said data processing system to extract said visually perceptible data; and
utilizing said extracted visually perceptible data to automatically establish communication between said data processing system and an external location.
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Abstract
A method and system are disclosed for capturing and processing visually perceptible data, such as address or telephone numbers, within a broadcast video signal. Optically recognizable text, numbers, or visual barcodes representative of text or numbers are transmitted within various frames of broadcast video signals. The broadcast video signal is then received and selected video frames are captured, digitized and stored as Tagged Image File Format (TIFF) in response to a user initiated command. Barcode readers or optical character recognition processes are then utilized to extract textual or numeric data from the captured video frames and that data is stored for future utilization. In one depicted embodiment a user defined template may be utilized to assist the optical character recognition process. Thereafter, an associated communication device, such as a modem, is utilized to automatically "dial" a captured telephone number by generating a series of DTMF tones associated with the captured telephone number, automatically establishing communication between the data processing system and an external location.
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1. A method for capturing and processing visually perceptible data within broadcast video signals, said method comprising the steps of:
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transmitting a broadcast video signal comprising a plurality of video frames, wherein at least certain of said plurality of video frames include visually perceptible data; receiving said broadcast video signal utilizing a television receiver; selectively capturing and storing within a data processing system coupled to said television receiver at least one video frame within said received broadcast video signal which includes visually perceptible data within; processing said stored at least one video frame within said data processing system to extract said visually perceptible data; and utilizing said extracted visually perceptible data to automatically establish communication between said data processing system and an external location. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A system for capturing and processing visually perceptible data within broadcast video signals, said system comprising:
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transmission means for transmitting a broadcast video signal comprising a plurality of video frames, wherein at least certain of said plurality of video frames include visually perceptible data; television receiver means for receiving said broadcast video signal; frame capture means coupled to said television receiver means for selectively capturing and storing at least one video frame within said received broadcast video signal which includes visually perceptible data; processing means coupled to said frame capture means for extracting said visually perceptible data from said stored at least one video frame; and communication means coupled to said processing means for utilizing said extracted visually perceptible data to automatically establish communication between said system and an external location. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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