Patent ID: 6049333
Filing Date: 2000-04-11
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
A system for providing a viewer with a combined display of television video content and information from an event database, said system comprising:a video content receiver for receiving television video content for a plurality of television programs including a first televised event;a data receiver for receiving said event database, said event database including information pertaining to a plurality of events including said first televised event;a viewer input receiver for receiving viewer inputs including a request for said first televised event; anda processor for causing said video content receiver to provide said television video content for said first televised event based on said request for said first televised event, for selecting information pertaining to said first televised event from said event database, and for generating a combined display of said television video content for said first televised event and said selected information pertaining to said first televised event; wherein:said data receiver receives undated event database information in substantially real-time in response to an occurrence within one of said events, said updated event database information pertaining to said occurrence.