Patent ID: 8660545

Claim:
A method of displaying video on a television and displaying information on a handheld device, using a computer system coupled to at least the television, the computer system comprising a computer, each of the computer, the handheld device and the television comprising at least a processor and a memory, the method comprising: the handheld device displaying a plurality of items in an electronic program guide, of a corresponding plurality of videos available for display on the television via a network; the handheld device receiving user input indicative of an item selected from among the plurality of items in the electronic program guide, corresponding to a video comprised in the plurality of videos available for display; the handheld device transmitting to the computer system, an identification of the video; in response to receipt of the identification, the computer system transmitting to the television, a sequence of frames in the video; in response to receipt of the identification, the computer system additionally transmitting to the handheld device, a signal comprising at least one of (a) information to be displayed or (b) an identifier of said information; the television automatically displaying on a television screen therein, the sequence of frames on receipt thereof from the computer system; and the handheld device automatically displaying on a handheld screen therein, said information on receipt of the signal from the computer system.