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US08132220B2 Method and apparatus for facilitating toggling between internet and TV broadcasts 有权
用于促进互联网和电视广播之间切换的方法和装置

  • Patent Title: Method and apparatus for facilitating toggling between internet and TV broadcasts
  • Patent Title (中): 用于促进互联网和电视广播之间切换的方法和装置
  • Application No.: US11794825
    Application Date: 2005-01-11
  • Publication No.: US08132220B2
    Publication Date: 2012-03-06
  • Inventor: Yakkov Merlin
  • Applicant: Yakkov Merlin
  • Applicant Address: IL Raanana
  • Assignee: Tvngo Ltd.
  • Current Assignee: Tvngo Ltd.
  • Current Assignee Address: IL Raanana
  • Agency: The Nath Law Group
  • Agent William L. Klima; Susanne M. Hopkins
  • International Application: PCT/IL2005/000035 WO 20050111
  • International Announcement: WO2006/075313 WO 20060720
  • Main IPC: H04N7/173
  • IPC: H04N7/173 G06F3/00 G09G5/00
Method and apparatus for facilitating toggling between internet and TV broadcasts
Abstract:
A TV-Internet Integration Box allows display of first data broadcast over a TV subscriber channel simultaneously together with second data broadcast over a digital data communications network has respective first and second inputs for receiving at a user premises the first data and the second data according to a user-profile associated with the second data. A combiner unit combines the first data and second data to form a combined video signal; and a video output coupled to the combiner unit conveys the combined video signal to a TV set in a user premises for displaying a first image corresponding to the first data and having superimposed thereon a second image corresponding to the second data. A user at the user premises may interact with the second image for redirecting to the digital data communications network and displaying a program broadcast thereby in at least a portion of the TV set.
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