Patent ID: 8689261

Claim:
A method of operating circuitry in a video control system, the method comprising: transferring a first video signal to drive a display device to display a data/video integration menu, wherein the data/video integration menu is configured to permit user specification of user-selected data and specification of a position of display of the user-selected data relative to display of video content; receiving a user instruction corresponding to the displayed data/video integration menu, wherein the user instruction specifies the user-selected data and specifies display positioning information defining the display position of the user-selected data on the display; receiving the user-selected data in accordance with the user; receiving the video content; integrating the user-selected data and the video content into a second video signal that concurrently presents the integrated video content and the user-selected data in accordance with the specified position of the user-selected data relative to the video content; and transferring the second video signal to drive the display device, wherein the integrated video content and the user-selected data are presented on the display in accordance with the specified position of the user-selected data relative to the video content, wherein a screen size for the video content is reduced and the user-selected data is displayed in an open space left by the reduced screen size.