Patent ID: 6806887
Filing Date: 2004-10-19
Classification: G06F,H04N

Abstract:
A personalized data delivery system for dynamically integrating viewer-specified data with visual content, the personalized data delivery system comprising:an input port for receiving a visual content signal, the visual content signal including visual content and data embedded in the visual content signal; an output port for displaying enhanced visual content on a display screen, the enhanced visual content including the received visual content and at least a portion of the received data; and an interface operatively coupled to the input port and the output port, the interface including: a processor responsive to one or more viewer personalization parameters and being operative to: (i) extract at least a portion of the data received from the visual content signal; and (ii) generate the enhanced visual content by selectively visually integrating at least a portion of the received data with a video frame in accordance with the viewer personalization parameters; and memory coupled to the processor, the memory storing at least one of the viewer personalization parameters and the received data; wherein the viewer personalization parameters correspond to a manner in which the received data is to be displayed with the visual content on the display screen, at least a portion of the viewer personalization parameters being specified by a viewer.