Patent ID: 9392339
Filing Date: 2016-07-12
CPC Classification: H04N

Claim Text:
1. A TV-Internet Integration circuit configured to combine, at a user's premises, TV channel video with Internet Protocol (IP) material selected by the user through overlays on the TV channel video displayed in response to an overlay activation criterion that the user has selected, said circuit comprising: a combiner circuit at the user's premises having a first input for receiving the TV channel video and a second input for receiving the IP material, and further having an output for outputting the combined video; wherein: a display screen at the user's premises coupled with the combiner circuit to receive and display the combined video as a screen image; said combiner circuit being further configured to: wherein depending on the user's selection at the user's premises the screen image is at respective times the TV channel video with or without overlays thereon and the IP material that the user has selected through the displayed overlays.