Method and system for displaying descriptive information associated with a defined video object
First Claim
1. A method for displaying textual information associated with a video object embedded in moving images in a received video stream, the method comprising:
- determining whether the video object is a type of video object for which textual information is provided for display therewith, by determining whether a video object type code in the received video stream which is associated with the video object, is of a specified type;
retrieving the textual information embedded in the received video stream in response to the determining that the video object type code is of the specified type;
displaying the video object on a display, wherein a location of the video object on the display is selectable by a user by controlling a position of a cursor associated with a pointing device;
determining whether the user has selected the video object using the pointing device;
displaying the retrieved textual information embedded in the received video stream on the display, together with the video object, when it is determined that the user has selected the video object.
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Abstract
According to the present invention, there is provided a method, system and program storage device for displaying textual information associated with a defined video object in video data on a video display device, comprising: sampling a video object plane to determine whether the video object is in the video object plane for displaying the video object on the video display device; updating a location of the video object in the video object plane as the video object moves during display of the video data on the video display device; determining whether a pointing device is over the updated location of the video object; and displaying the textual information associated with the video object on the video display device for a predetermined period of time.
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19 Claims
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1. A method for displaying textual information associated with a video object embedded in moving images in a received video stream, the method comprising:
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determining whether the video object is a type of video object for which textual information is provided for display therewith, by determining whether a video object type code in the received video stream which is associated with the video object, is of a specified type; retrieving the textual information embedded in the received video stream in response to the determining that the video object type code is of the specified type; displaying the video object on a display, wherein a location of the video object on the display is selectable by a user by controlling a position of a cursor associated with a pointing device; determining whether the user has selected the video object using the pointing device; displaying the retrieved textual information embedded in the received video stream on the display, together with the video object, when it is determined that the user has selected the video object. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A system for displaying textual information associated with a video object embedded in moving images in a received video stream, the system comprising:
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a display for displaying the video object, wherein a location of the video object on the display is selectable by a user by controlling a position of a cursor associated with a pointing device; and a processor for; (a) determining whether the user has selected the video object using the pointing device; (b) determining whether the video object is a type of video object for which textual information is provided for display therewith, by determining whether a video object type code in the received video stream which is associated with the selected video object, is of a specified type; (c) retrieving the textual information embedded in the received video stream in response to the determining that the video object type code is of the specified type; (d) determining whether the user has selected the video object using the pointing device; and (e) directing a displaying of the retrieved textual information embedded in the received video stream on the display, together with the video object, when it is determined that the user has selected the video object. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A program storage device readable by machine, tangibly embodying a program of instructions executable by the machine to perform a method for displaying textual information associated with a video object embedded in moving images in a received video stream, the method comprising:
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determining whether the video object is a type of video object for which textual information is provided for display therewith, by determining whether a video object type code in the received video stream which is associated with the video object, is of a specified type; retrieving the textual information embedded in the received video stream in response to the determining that the video object type code is of the specified type; displaying the video object on a display, wherein a location of the video object on the display is selectable by a user by controlling a position of a cursor associated with a pointing device; determining whether the user has selected the video object using the pointing device; and displaying the retrieved textual information embedded in the received video stream on the display, together with the video object, when it is determined that the user has selected the video object. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19)
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