Patent ID: 7042471
Filing Date: 2006-05-09
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A method for displaying textual information associated with a video object embedded in moving images in a received video stream, the method comprising: determining whether the video object is a type of video object for which textual information is provided for display therewith, by determining whether a video object type code in the received video stream which is associated with the video object, is of a specified type; retrieving the textual information embedded in the received video stream in response to the determining that the video object type code is of the specified type; displaying the video object on a display, wherein a location of the video object on the display is selectable by a user by controlling a position of a cursor associated with a pointing device; determining whether the user has selected the video object using the pointing device; displaying the retrieved textual information embedded in the received video stream on the display, together with the video object, when it is determined that the user has selected the video object.