Patent ID: 7836480

Claim:
A method of processing signals to automatically control a presentation, said method comprising the steps of: receiving a television signal including television programming from a remote source and communicating said television signal to a storage device; receiving a first instruct signal and a second instruct signal; receiving information from a local input prior to receiving said television signal; storing said information; selecting a time at which to communicate a transmission including said television signal and said second instruct signal and a location to which to communicate said transmission based on said information; communicating said second instruct signal at said selected time to said selected location; storing said television signal, said first instruct signal and said second instruct signal at said storage device according to said information; automatically transmitting said first instruct signal from said storage device to a computer at a remote user station; automatically transmitting said transmission from said storage device to said computer; wherein said computer, in response to receiving said first instruct signal from said storage device, automatically generates a plurality of graphic overlays, each of said plurality of graphic overlays containing content related to said television programming and at least one of said plurality of graphic overlays containing user specific information, and said computer, in response to receiving said second instruct signal from said storage device and after at least a portion of said television programming is displayed at an output device, provides said at least one of said plurality of graphic overlays to said output device such that said plurality of graphic overlays are sequentially provided to said output device in a predetermined order and displayed simultaneously on said output device with one of said plurality of graphic overlays over another of said plurality of graphic overlays.