Patent ID: 8760573

Claim:
A method for downloading and customizing Internet content to one or more display image areas of a display device, while simultaneously displaying television content comprising the steps of: enabling access to one or more content servers; receiving from the one or more content servers Internet content including public Internet content and customized Internet content, the Internet content comprising at least one of text, files, movies, graphics, clip art, photos, videos, sounds, advertisements, pictures, images, pod casts, way files, hyperlinks, code, animations, instant messaging messages, a real-time informational ticker, and gaming content; receiving from a user a selection of one or more Internet content chosen from the plurality of the Internet content to obtain selected Internet content; wherein the obtained selected Internet content is customized by recreating the selected Internet content specific to the user to obtain customized Internet content, the customized Internet content including at least one of text, files, movies, graphics, clip art, photos, videos, sounds, advertisements, pictures, images, pod casts, way files, hyperlinks, code, animations, instant messaging messages, a real-time informational ticker, and gaming content; downloading the selected Internet content from the one or more content servers over an Internet connection; blending the selected Internet content with television content into a video signal; assembling the video signal into a frame buffer; reading the frame buffer; and formatting the video signal into a high resolution video signal; sending the high resolution video signal over an interface; and displaying the high resolution video signal on a display device, wherein the high resolution video signal includes the simultaneous display of the customized Internet content and the television content each presented on the display device.