Patent ID: 7047552

Claim:
An apparatus comprising: an on screen data (OSD) graphic data receiver which receives OSD graphic data from an external OSD graphic data source; and a processor which processes the OSD graphic data, wherein the OSD graphic data receiver further comprises: a memory which stores the OSD graphic data from the external OSD graphic data source; and a controller which stores the OSD graphic data in the memory in response to an OSD graphic data storage signal and reads the OSD graphic data from the memory in response to an OSD display signal, to supply the read OSD graphic data to the processor, and wherein the memory comprises: a buffer region; and an OSD region; and wherein the controller stores the OSD graphic data in the buffer region and stores the OSD graphic data from the buffer region in the OSD region in response to a replacement signal received from a command in putter operated by a user, and supplies the OSD graphic data stored in the OSD region to the processor in response to the OSD display signal.