Method for combining data signals and video signals for transmission to video display units
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1. A method for simultaneously displaying an advertisement and a separate video signal on a video display, the method comprising:
- identifying on a server one or more physical locations at which to display an advertisement;
sending a file with advertisement data from the server to each of one or more apparatuses at each of the identified physical locations;
receiving at each of said apparatuses the file with the advertisement data;
receiving at each of said apparatuses a video signal, wherein the video signal is separate from the advertisement data and comprises video for display;
combining on each of said apparatuses the advertisement data with the video signal to form a single combined signal with the advertisement and the video; and
using the single combined signal to simultaneously display the advertisement and the video on a video display.
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Abstract
A method capable of combining data signals and video signals for transmission to a video display unit. The method comprises the steps of generating a data signal, transmitting the data signal to an apparatus, receiving the data signal at the apparatus, receiving a video/audio signal at the apparatus, combining the video/audio signal with the data signal to form a single combined signal, and displaying the combined signal on a video display unit.
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1. A method for simultaneously displaying an advertisement and a separate video signal on a video display, the method comprising:
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identifying on a server one or more physical locations at which to display an advertisement; sending a file with advertisement data from the server to each of one or more apparatuses at each of the identified physical locations; receiving at each of said apparatuses the file with the advertisement data; receiving at each of said apparatuses a video signal, wherein the video signal is separate from the advertisement data and comprises video for display; combining on each of said apparatuses the advertisement data with the video signal to form a single combined signal with the advertisement and the video; and using the single combined signal to simultaneously display the advertisement and the video on a video display. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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