System and method for providing information of selectable objects in a television program
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1. A method for communicating television program information, the method comprising:
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receiving, by the television or television receiver, moving picture information for a television program;
receiving, by the television or television receiver, user-selectable object information corresponding to a user-selectable object in the television program; and
combining, by the television or television receiver, the received moving picture information and the received user-selectable object information into a completed moving picture data set that is formatted for communicating the television program with information describing user-selectable objects in the television program, the completed moving picture data set is formatted in accordance with a moving picture standard;
wherein;
said receiving moving picture information for the television program comprises receiving an initial combined television program data set comprising initial moving picture information and initial user-selectable object information corresponding to user-selectable objects in the television program; and
said combining comprises modifying the initial user-selectable object information of the initial combined television program data set in accordance with the received user-selectable object information by inserting the received user-selectable object information in data fields of the completed moving picture data set that are not assigned by the moving picture standard.
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Abstract
A system and method for providing information of selectable objects in a television program as shown in and/or described in connection with at least one of the figures, as set forth more completely in the claims.
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1. A method for communicating television program information, the method comprising:
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by a television or television receiver; receiving, by the television or television receiver, moving picture information for a television program; receiving, by the television or television receiver, user-selectable object information corresponding to a user-selectable object in the television program; and combining, by the television or television receiver, the received moving picture information and the received user-selectable object information into a completed moving picture data set that is formatted for communicating the television program with information describing user-selectable objects in the television program, the completed moving picture data set is formatted in accordance with a moving picture standard; wherein; said receiving moving picture information for the television program comprises receiving an initial combined television program data set comprising initial moving picture information and initial user-selectable object information corresponding to user-selectable objects in the television program; and said combining comprises modifying the initial user-selectable object information of the initial combined television program data set in accordance with the received user-selectable object information by inserting the received user-selectable object information in data fields of the completed moving picture data set that are not assigned by the moving picture standard. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 19, 20, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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8. A television receiver comprising:
at least one processor in the television receiver operable to, at least; receive moving picture information for a television program; receive user-selectable object information corresponding to a user-selectable object in the television program; combine the received moving picture information and the received user-selectable object information into a combined data set, the combined data set is formatted in accordance with a moving picture standard; and communicate the combined data set comprising interleaved moving picture information and user-selectable object information; wherein; the at least one processor is operable to receive the moving picture information for the television program by, at least in part, operating to receive an initial combined television program data set comprising initial moving picture information and initial user-selectable object information corresponding to user-selectable objects in the television program; and the at least one processor is operable to combine the received moving picture information and the received user-selectable object information into the combined data set by, at least in part, operating to modify the initial user-selectable object information of the initial combined television program data set in accordance with the received user-selectable object information by inserting the received user-selectable object information in data fields of the combined data set that are not assigned by the moving picture standard. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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21. A method for communicating television program information, the method comprising:
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by a television or television receiver system; receiving, by the television or television receiver, moving picture information for a television program; receiving, by the television or television receiver, user-selectable object information corresponding to a user-selectable object in the television program; combining, by the television or television receiver, the received moving picture information and the received user-selectable object information into a combined data set, the combined set is formatted in accordance with a moving picture standard; and communicating, by the television or television receiver, the combined data set in parallel data streams, each of the parallel data streams comprising interleaved moving picture information and user-selectable object information; wherein; the at least one processor is operable to receive the moving picture information for the television program by, at least in part, operating to receive an initial combined television program data set comprising initial moving picture information and initial user-selectable object information corresponding to user-selectable objects in the television program; and the at least one processor is operable to combine the received moving picture information and the received user-selectable object information into the combined data set by, at least in part, operating to modify the initial user-selectable object information of the initial combined television program data set in accordance with the received user-selectable object information by inserting the received user-selectable object information in data fields of the combined data set that are not assigned by the moving picture standard.
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