Patent ID: 9191607
Filing Date: 2015-11-17
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. An information display device comprising: a related information obtaining unit configured to obtain related information including (i) positional information indicating a first position of an object on a video display screen of a video display device and (ii) object information indicating attribute information of the object, the object being currently displayed on the video display screen, the video display device being external to the information display device, said information display device and said video display device having separate operating systems; a display unit configured to display the object information included in the related information obtained by the related information obtaining unit; and a display control unit configured to control the display unit so that the object information is displayed at a second position on the display unit in coordination with a display of the object on the video display screen, the second position on the display unit corresponding to the first position on the video display screen, and indicated by the positional information included in the related information the video display device receives video programs distributed from a broadcast station, and the information display device receives the related information from a distribution server.