Patent ID: 6545720
Filing Date: 2003-04-08
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
A method for the display of teletext headers on a television during a search for a teletext page, comprising the steps of:receiving a broadcast signal with a teletext service for broadcasting teletext pages, the teletext service including: a first group of characters with one or more fixed characters in a received character sequence and one or more locations in the received character sequence capable of selectively being changed; and a second group of characters, wherein each of the first group and the second group of characters is part of a national language character font set; searching the broadcast message received for a teletext page; decoding control bits in a first data packet received during the search of the teletext; selecting a set of characters in the second group of characters based upon the control bits decoded; and displaying a portion of the teletext header of one or more teletext pages received, using the characters of the first group combined with characters selected from the second group that are inserted into the one or more locations in the received character sequence that are capable of being changed.