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Digital television system which selects images for display in a video sequence

  • US 6,160,570 A
  • Filed: 04/20/1998
  • Issued: 12/12/2000
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/20/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A digital television system including a digital television receiver comprising:

  • a memory for storing a user profile and computer-executable process steps;

    a display processor for receiving video data, and for providing the video data as a video sequence;

    a display for displaying the video sequence as a plurality of picture frames; and

    a controller for receiving video data corresponding to at least two alternative images, and for executing the process steps stored in the memory so as (i) to select one of the alternative images based on information stored in the user profile, and (ii) to cause the display processor to include the selected one of the alternative images within the video sequence, wherein the alternative images comprise images of objects in the video sequence, said selected image then appearing, on said display, integrally in the picture frames of the video sequence.

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