Patent ID: 9571872
Date: 2017-02-14
CPC Classifications: H04N

Claim:
1. A method executable by a television receiver to process timed text that is associated with television programming, the method comprising: receiving, at the television receiver, a broadcast signal comprising pre-set data associated with a particular program, wherein the pre-set data provides a priori knowledge about the particular format of the timed text subsequently broadcast as part of the particular television program, wherein the pre-set data is received at the television receiver as an out-of-band signal that is separate from the subsequent broadcast that delivers the particular television program to the television receiver; storing the pre-set data at the television receiver prior to receiving the particular television program at the television receiver; after storing the pre-set data, receiving the subsequent broadcast that delivers the particular television program and its associated timed text at the television receiver; formatting the received timed text that is associated with the received program according to the previously-received pre-set data describing the particular format of the timed text that was previously stored at the television receiver to thereby combine the interpreted timed text with the received program; and outputting the particular television program and its associated interpreted timed text to a display for presentation.