Patent ID: 6058430
Filing Date: 2000-05-02
Classification: H04L,H04N

Abstract:
A television receiver and interconnected global information network system, comprising:an incoming RF signal comprising a video component including a vertical blanking interval, an audio component, and a universal resource locator embedded in said vertical blanking interval that identifies content on the global information network system;a tuner for receiving said incoming RF signal;a picture tube;a video amplifier and a deflection amplifier for receiving and amplifying the video component of the incoming RF signal from said tuner and for projecting said video component on said picture tube;a speaker;an audio amplifier for receiving and amplifying the audio component of the incoming RF signal from said tuner and for transmitting said audio component on said speaker;a video signal display processor operably connected to said tuner and operably connected to said video amplifier for generating graphic images and overlying said graphic images over said video component of said incoming RF signal, and wherein said video display processor decodes said universal resource locator from within said vertical blanking interval;an interconnected global information network processor operably connected to said video signal display processor, such that said processor receives said decoded universal resource locator;a read-only memory operably connected to said interconnected global information network processor, such that said interconnected global information network processor can execute according to control programs stored within said read-only memory;a network interface operably connected to said interconnected global information network processor for facilitating connection to the interconnected global information network based on said universal resource locator; anda graphics display controller operably connected to said interconnected global information network processor and operably connected to said video amplifier for generating on-screen graphics and overlying said on-screen graphics over said video component, wherein said graphics display interconnected global information network content based on said universal resource locator.