Patent ID: 7865058

Claim:
An apparatus for receiving a digital information signal comprising at least a first video signal and second video signal, said apparatus comprises: a receiver for receiving said digital information signal; first retrieval unit for receiving said digital information signal and retrieving said first video signal from the received digital information signal; second retrieval unit for receiving said digital information signal and retrieving said second video signal from the received digital information signal; and signal combination unit for combining said first video signal and said second video signal so as to obtain a composite video signal suitable for displaying on a display unit, wherein the first video signal forms, on display, a sequence of images having a first size, and the second video signal forms, on display, a sequence of images having a second size, the second size being smaller than the first size of the images, the signal combination unit combining the first and second video signals while keeping the size of the images corresponding to the second video signal unchanged, and wherein the digital information signal further comprises a parameter signal indicative for the location where the second video signal has to be overlaid on top of the first video signal, and the apparatus further comprises third retrieval unit for receiving said digital information signal and retrieving the parameter signal, the signal combination unit overlaying the second video signal on top of the first video signal in dependence on said parameter signal.