Patent ID: 6348932
Filing Date: 2002-02-19
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
An apparatus for displaying information on a television, comprising:a circuit that receives wireless television communication signals, the wireless television communication signals including sensory data and programming data related to the sensory data; a circuit that receives computer network communication signals; and a circuit that processes the received wireless television communication signals and the received computer network communication signals such that the received wireless television communication signals and the received computer network communication signals can be displayed on the television; wherein: said circuit that receives wireless television communication signals comprises, at least two television receivers, including a Digital Satellite System (DSS) receiver configured to receive digital television signals broadcast from a satellite and a terrestrial television tuner configured to receive terrestrially broadcast television signals, a selection device for selecting at least two of the signals received by the television receivers, a first video processor coupled to the selection device and configured to receive a first of the at least two selected signals, and, based on a user input selection command, perform one of decimating the first video signal and allowing the first video signal to pass unaltered, and a second video processor coupled to the selection device and configured to receive a second of the at least two selected signals, and, based on a user input selection command, perform one of decimating the second video signal and allowing the second video signal to pass unaltered; said computer network communication signals are Internet signals; said circuit that receives computer network communication signals comprises a web graphics engine that processes the Internet signals into a form that can be displayed on a television; and said circuit that processes the received wireless television communication signals and the received computer network communication signals comprises a blending device that integrates the received signals into a form that can be displayed on the television.