Patent ID: 7818778
Filing Date: 2010-10-19
Classification: G06Q,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method of generating a television display at a receiver station, said receiver station comprising a television monitor for displaying television programming and a processor for generating and communicating a video image to said television monitor, said method comprising the steps of: receiving a television signal, said television signal including digital data; detecting said digital data and passing said detected digital data to said processor; storing at a memory operatively connected to said processor a computer program included in a first portion of said detected and passed digital data, wherein said computer program includes a program instruction set; generating and communicating said video image to said television monitor in response to and based on said stored program instruction set; inputting a clear-and-continue signal to said processor in response to a second portion of said detected and passed digital data; and controlling said processor based on said clear-and-continue signal to determine a particular clear-and-continue address of instructions of said program instruction set, to jump to said address, and to execute clear-and-continue instructions at said address, wherein under control of said clear-and-continue instructions said processor clears at least a portion of an output memory and generates and communicates video image information to said television monitor based on said clear-and-continue instructions.