Patent ID: 9571888
Date: 2017-02-14
CPC Classifications: H04N

Claim:
1. A method for communicating information to a user, comprising the operations of: receiving on a content receiver a broadcast signal comprising a video signal and a graphical signal, wherein the graphical signal comprises a matrix barcode and data instructions configured to instruct a processor of the content receiver of criteria for when to display the matrix barcode; determining at the content receiver that the criteria received for when to display the matrix barcode have been satisfied; creating a modified signal at the content receiver, wherein the modified signal comprises the video signal with the matrix barcode overlaid on the video signal; and providing a user specific content; and updating the matrix barcode to include the user specific content prior to outputting the modified signal; outputting the modified signal; and wherein a display location of the matrix barcode on a display device is determined by the user specific content.