Patent ID: 6816201
Filing Date: 2004-11-09
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
A system for facilitating use of extended data service (XDS) data by a television user, comprising:a tuner adapted to receive a television signal, the television signal including a video signal and an XDS signal; a video display for receiving the video signal from the tuner to produce a video image; a data slicer coupled to the tuner adapted to extract the XDS signal from the television signal; a data port coupled to the data slicer for providing an output of the XDS signal to a peripheral device; and a computer coupled to the data port for monitoring information in the XDS signal, the computer comprising a display; wherein the computer includes a connection to an on-line service and a processor for interpreting URL data in the XDS signal and without user intervention displaying on-line information in response to the URL data on a display independently of the video display and simultaneously with the video image produced from the video signal.