Patent ID: 7835926

Claim:
For a home health system having a home health provider station coupled to a patient station by a data network, a method for conducting a home health session between said home health provider station and said patient station, comprising: transmitting video data from said home health provider station to said patient station over said data network; receiving said video data via an interface device at said patient station; receiving, via the interface device at said patient station, an unrelated television broadcast signal originating from a television signal source; transmitting, via the interface device, a combination of said video data and said television broadcast signal to a television set which forms a first part of said patient station; and displaying, on a television screen of said television set at said patient station, video images constructed from said video data, said video images overlaying said television broadcast wherein said video data is transmitted to said patient station and said video images overlaying said television broadcast signal are displayed on said television screen absent any request from said patient station.