Patent ID: 8467657

Claim:
A method for incorporating a current event data stream from a television broadcasted video signal onto a pre-recorded video stream for playback on a television set, said method comprising: retrieving, by a processor from a mass storage device, a first digital video stream comprising television program content and a first event data stream; ascertaining, by said processor, whether a current event is located in the current event data stream in the television broadcasted video signal; if said ascertaining ascertains that the current event is located in the current event data stream in the television broadcasted video signal, then automatically replacing, by said processor, the first event data stream with the current event data stream in the retrieved first digital video stream; and after said replacing, playing back, by said processor, on a screen of the television set the television program content concurrently with the current event data stream; if said ascertaining ascertains that the current event is not located in the current event data stream in the television broadcasted video signal, then automatically retaining, by said processor, the retrieved first digital video stream without replacing the first event data stream in the retrieved first digital video stream; and after said retaining, playing back, by said processor, on the screen of the television set the television program content in the retained first digital video stream.