Systems and methods for displaying information with a perceived partial transparency over a television program
DC CAFCFirst Claim
1. A system interactively controlled by a user remote control for displaying a program guide on a display screen, comprising:
- circuitry for receiving television signals corresponding to a plurality of television channels and for selecting a corresponding one of the plurality of television channels to display on said display screen;
circuitry for receiving program guide data for the program guide; and
circuitry for displaying the program guide with a perceived transparency on the selected television channel.
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Abstract
A system interactively controlled by a TV viewer remote superimposes portions of a scroll program guide over a basic programming signal for display on the viewer'"'"'s display screen. A tuner has an input for receiving TV signals in a plurality of cable channels and an output for passing a signal of any selected one of said channels. A computer has an input for receiving any of a plurality of control signals from the TV viewer remote and an output for controlling the tuner to pass the signal of the selected one of the channels in response to one of the plurality of control signals from the TV viewer remote. The computer receives and stores a scroll input picture image signal containing local program guide data and generates a scroll output picture image signal consisting of at least a portion of the scroll input picture image signal. A combiner superimposes output picture image signal over the passed signal to provide a display signal for input to the viewer'"'"'s display screen. The computer is responsive to control signals from the remote to cause the combiner to change the weight of the output picture image signal in relation to the passed signal.
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27 Claims
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1. A system interactively controlled by a user remote control for displaying a program guide on a display screen, comprising:
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circuitry for receiving television signals corresponding to a plurality of television channels and for selecting a corresponding one of the plurality of television channels to display on said display screen;
circuitry for receiving program guide data for the program guide; and
circuitry for displaying the program guide with a perceived transparency on the selected television channel. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14)
receiving a transmission of software that is executed in order to generate the display of the information. -
13. The method of claim 1, further comprising
receiving the television program using a tuner. -
14. The method of claim 1, further comprising:
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receiving user input; and
altering the display of the information in response to the user input.
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2. A method for presenting information simultaneously with a television program, the method comprising:
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receiving data corresponding to the information to be displayed;
generating a display of the information using the data received; and
simultaneously displaying the display of the information with the television program such that the display of the information has a perceived partial transparency. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
receiving a user selection of the weight of transparency. -
10. The method of claim 9, further comprising
indicating the user selection of the weight of transparency in the display. -
11. The method of claim 9, further comprising
automatically setting the weight of transparency to the user selection of the weight of transparency upon reselecting to display the information after exiting a previous display of the information.
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15. A method for presenting a computer-generated image with a television program, comprising:
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receiving digital data;
generating an image using the digital data;
receiving the television program; and
presenting the image and the television program simultaneously so that the image has a perceived partial transparency. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
receiving a user selection of the weight of transparency. -
23. The method of claim 22, further comprising
indicating the user selection of the weight of transparency in the image. -
24. The method of claim 22, further comprising
automatically setting the weight of transparency to the user selection of the weight of transparency upon reselecting to display the image after exiting a previous display of the image. -
25. The method of claim 15, further comprising
receiving a transmission of software that is executed in order to generate the image. -
26. The method of claim 15, further comprising
receiving the television program using a tuner. -
27. The method of claim 15, further comprising:
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receiving user input; and
altering the image in response to the user input.
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