Patent ID: 8296314

Claim:
A method for requesting information about an object displayed in a broadcast stream, the method comprising: receiving at a receiver a broadcast stream; transmitting from the receiver the broadcast stream to a display device; receiving at the receiver a command from a client device to pause the broadcast stream displayed on the display device; pausing the broadcast stream displayed on the display device responsive to receiving the command; transmitting from the receiver a still image frame from the paused broadcast stream to the display device, the still image frame comprising a frame of the paused broadcast stream that was displayed on the display device when the command was received from the client device; receiving at the receiver telestrator data designating at least a portion of the transmitted still image frame that designates a location of an object displayed in the portion of the transmitted still image frame; generating at the receiver a query for information about the object displayed in the portion of the transmitted still image frame, the query comprising the telestrator data that designates the location of the object in the portion of the transmitted still image frame; and transmitting from the receiver the query to a remote information system.