Patent ID: 8201212
Filing Date: 2012-06-12
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A receiving system, comprising: a television receiving apparatus operable to receive and monitor both broadcast signals and streaming data distributed over an Internet, the television receiving apparatus having a primary display apparatus; and a secondary display apparatus operable to communicate with the television receiving apparatus, wherein when the receiving apparatus receives an analog broadcast signal, a video portion of the analog broadcast signal is displayed on the primary display, and is digitally compression encoded and sent to the secondary display apparatus, when the receiving apparatus receives a digital broadcast signal, the digital broadcast signal is decoded and displayed on the primary display, and the decoded signal is encoded again and sent to the secondary display, when the digital broadcast signal is a high definition (HD) digital broadcast signal, the HD digital broadcast signal is down-converted to a standard definition (SD) digital broadcast signal before being sent to the secondary display, and when the receiving apparatus receives streaming data from the Internet, the streaming data is sent to the secondary display apparatus without decoding in the television receiving apparatus, wherein the secondary display is operable to display on a single screen thereof a plurality of index images each representative of a captured image of a respective program so as to enable the index images of a plurality of different programs to be displayed on the single screen of the secondary display, and contents obtained from television broadcast and the Internet can be selected for display, wherein a data signal is received which is included in the broadcast signal and which serves as a trigger for automatically accessing information associated with the broadcast program from a web site, and while the primary display is displaying a broadcast program obtained from a broadcast signal, the secondary display is operable to concurrently display the information associated with the broadcast program, wherein the television receiving apparatus includes at least two tuners and a controller for controlling station selecting states of the tuners, and the station selecting states of the tuners are controlled in response to a command generated in the secondary display, and wherein images received from plural sources are concurrently displayed on the secondary display apparatus.