Patent ID: 6141058
Filing Date: 2000-10-31
Classification: H04M

Abstract:
Television apparatus, comprising:means for processing a television signal to produce a program video signal;means for receiving a message signal comprising a source identification;means for allowing a user to store a list of source identifications and for assigning a respective source identification label to each source identification to said list of source identifications;means for comparing and matching said source identification to said list of source identifications;means for selectively generating for display a graphics video signal corresponding to one of said source identification labels only if said source identification matching an entry in said list of source identifications; andmeans for combining said program video signal and said graphics video signal to produce a combined video signal which corresponds to an image containing a program portion and a source identification portion, whereby viewing interference due to incoming message signals is minimized in that said source identification portion is only displayed when said source identification list has a corresponding entry in said identifications and nothing is displayed including but not limited to a source identification portion is displayed if said source identification list has no corresponding entry.