Patent ID: 7522219

Claim:
In a television signal processing apparatus, a method for controlling display of video information comprising the steps of: processing a first television signal of a first format lacking auxiliary information to provide a signal representing a first television program included in said first television signal of a first format lacking auxiliary information; automatically correlating said first television signal of a first format lacking auxiliary information to a second television signal of a second format including auxiliary information, said auxiliary information included in said second television signal of a second format being associated with said first television program, upon user selection of said first television signal of a first format lacking auxiliary information; processing said correlated second television signal of a second format to obtain said auxiliary information associated with said first television program; and combining the auxiliary information from the correlated second television signal of a second format with said signal representing a first television program from said first television signal of a first format lacking auxiliary information to produce a combined video signal representing a displayable image that includes said first television program from said first television signal of a first format lacking auxiliary information and the auxiliary information from said correlated second television signal of a second format.