Patent ID: 8161505
Filing Date: 2012-04-17
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A method for a television signal provider to provide information to a viewer having a reading device, a television, an input device, and an output device, comprising: a. transmitting a digital signal from the television signal provider to the reading device, wherein said digital signal includes a first part and a second part, wherein said first part includes information for display on the television and wherein said second part includes information that when communicated to the output device provides at least one from the group consisting of image and text, wherein the reading device is at least one from the group consisting of directly connected to the output device, a member of a wired or wireless network that communicates with the output device, and integrated in one box with the output device for communication with the output device; b. providing the reading device so when the reading device receives the digital signal transmitted by the television signal provider, the reading device sends a first output signal from the reading device to the television for display to the viewer, wherein said first output signal includes information derived from said first part; and c. providing the reading device so if the viewer presses on the input device the reading device responds to said pressing by communicating a second output signal from the reading device to the output device, wherein said second output signal includes information derived from said second part for said output device to provide said at least one from the group consisting of image and text.