Patent ID: 9066154
Filing Date: 2015-06-23
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. An enhanced television system comprising: a television display in communication with a broadcast reception tuner via a first communication interface of the television display; the television display, in communication with an HDMI connection via a second communication interface of the television display, wherein the first communication interface is separate from the second communication interface; the television display receiving and displaying uncompressed video data from a digital video stream carried over the HDMI connection from a set-top box (STB) and enhancement data from the broadcast reception tuner, the digital video stream comprising embedded base programming identification metadata; the television display further receiving the enhancement data from the broadcast reception tuner without the enhancement data passing through the STB; and the television display further extracting a base identification tag from the embedded base programming identification metadata, and combining enhancement data received from the reception tuner associated with the base identification tag with the digital video stream, wherein the embedded base programming identification metadata further comprises latency adjustment information, the latency adjustment information being extracted by the television display and used to time-shift use of the enhancement information; wherein the enhancement data comprises instructions for retuning the broadcast reception tuner to an appropriate frequency for receiving additional enhancement data to be combined with the digital video stream.