System and methods for the simultaneous display of multiple video signals in high definition format
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1. A method for downloading and customizing Internet content to one or more display image areas of a display device, while simultaneously displaying television content comprising the steps of:
- enabling access to one or more content servers;
receiving from the one or more content servers Internet content including public Internet content and customized Internet content, the Internet content comprising at least one of text, files, movies, graphics, clip art, photos, videos, sounds, advertisements, pictures, images, pod casts, way files, hyperlinks, code, animations, instant messaging messages, a real-time informational ticker, and gaming content;
receiving from a user a selection of one or more Internet content chosen from the plurality of the Internet content to obtain selected Internet content;
wherein the obtained selected Internet content is customized by recreating the selected Internet content specific to the user to obtain customized Internet content, the customized Internet content including at least one of text, files, movies, graphics, clip art, photos, videos, sounds, advertisements, pictures, images, pod casts, way files, hyperlinks, code, animations, instant messaging messages, a real-time informational ticker, and gaming content;
downloading the selected Internet content from the one or more content servers over an Internet connection;
blending the selected Internet content with television content into a video signal;
assembling the video signal into a frame buffer;
reading the frame buffer; and
formatting the video signal into a high resolution video signal;
sending the high resolution video signal over an interface; and
displaying the high resolution video signal on a display device, wherein the high resolution video signal includes the simultaneous display of the customized Internet content and the television content each presented on the display device.
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A scaling engine, blending mechanism, memory controller, frame buffer and video driver are included within a semiconductor, such as a Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA), to provide broadcasting of signals at a high resolution format by combining two or more low resolution video signals to create a high resolution signal in real-time High Definition format, such as 1080 p. The high resolution signals can be concurrently displayed as one or more image areas on a display device in any contemplated size, number and arrangement.
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1. A method for downloading and customizing Internet content to one or more display image areas of a display device, while simultaneously displaying television content comprising the steps of:
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enabling access to one or more content servers; receiving from the one or more content servers Internet content including public Internet content and customized Internet content, the Internet content comprising at least one of text, files, movies, graphics, clip art, photos, videos, sounds, advertisements, pictures, images, pod casts, way files, hyperlinks, code, animations, instant messaging messages, a real-time informational ticker, and gaming content; receiving from a user a selection of one or more Internet content chosen from the plurality of the Internet content to obtain selected Internet content; wherein the obtained selected Internet content is customized by recreating the selected Internet content specific to the user to obtain customized Internet content, the customized Internet content including at least one of text, files, movies, graphics, clip art, photos, videos, sounds, advertisements, pictures, images, pod casts, way files, hyperlinks, code, animations, instant messaging messages, a real-time informational ticker, and gaming content; downloading the selected Internet content from the one or more content servers over an Internet connection; blending the selected Internet content with television content into a video signal; assembling the video signal into a frame buffer; reading the frame buffer; and formatting the video signal into a high resolution video signal; sending the high resolution video signal over an interface; and
displaying the high resolution video signal on a display device, wherein the high resolution video signal includes the simultaneous display of the customized Internet content and the television content each presented on the display device.- View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 13, 14, 15)
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11. A method for downloading and customizing Internet content to a display device, while simultaneously displaying television content comprising the steps of:
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enabling access to one or more content servers, the content servers providing a plurality of Internet content including at least one of a Really Simple Syndication feed, a Rich Site Summary (RSS) feed, a HyperText Markup Language (HTML) document, a Joint Photographic Experts Group (JPEG) formatted image, a JPEG2000 formatted image, a Joint Bi-level Image Experts Group (JBIG) formatted image, a Moving Picture Experts Group (MPEG) formatted video, and combinations thereof; receiving from a user an indicator of desired Internet content from amongst the plurality of Internet content to obtain selected Internet content; customizing at least some of the desired Internet content by recreating the selected Internet content specific to the user to obtain customized Internet content, the customized Internet content including at least one of text, files, movies, graphics, clip art, photos, videos, sounds, advertisements, pictures, images, pod casts, way files, hyperlinks, code, animations, instant messaging messages, a real-time informational ticker, and gaming content; downloading the selected Internet content from the one or more content servers; blending the selected Internet content with television content into a video signal; assembling the video signal into a frame buffer; reading the frame buffer; formatting the video signal into a high resolution video signal; sending the high resolution video signal over an interface; and displaying the high resolution video signal on a display device, wherein the high resolution video signal includes the simultaneous display of the customized Internet content and the television content each presented on the display device. - View Dependent Claims (12, 16, 17)
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18. A system for harmonizing television content and Internet content for a user, comprising:
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a memory storing instructions to enable access to one or more content servers, wherein the one or more content servers includes a plurality of Internet content, the plurality of Internet content comprising at least one of text, files, movies, graphics, clip art, photos, videos, sounds, advertisements, pictures, images, podcasts, way files, hyperlinks, code, animations, instant messaging, real-time informational ticker, and gaming, and combinations thereof; a plurality of input devices, wherein at least one input device downloads Internet content selected by the user from the plurality of Internet content to obtain selected Internet content; a computing system configured to receive the downloaded Internet content, the computing system further comprising; a scaling engine configured to receive the downloaded Internet content and recreate the downloaded Internet content specific to the user to obtain customized Internet content, the customized Internet content including at least one of text, files, movies, graphics, clip art, photos, videos, sounds, advertisements, pictures, images, podcasts, way files, hyperlinks, code, animations, instant messaging, real-time informational ticker, and gaming, and combinations thereof, the scaling engine further configured to manipulate the customized Internet content and television content to obtain a scaled Internet content and a scaled television content; a blending mechanism configured to blend the scaled Internet content and the scaled television content to obtain one or more video signals; a memory controller configured to receive the one or more video signals; a frame buffer configured to receive the one or more video signals from the memory controller and assemble the one or more video signals to determine placement of the one or more video signals within the frame buffer; a video driver configured to read the one or more video signals from the frame buffer and format the one or more video signals into one or more high resolution video signals; and a display device configured to receive the one or more high resolution video signals from the video driver and concurrently display the downloaded Internet content in a first image area and the television content in a second image area. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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