Web television that performs a pip control function

a web television and function technology, applied in the field of web televisions that perform video and audio functions, can solve the problems of current web televisions not allowing the swapping of internet audio from the internet module, the controller of existing web televisions does not receive messages from their corresponding internet modules, and the non-personal computer on-line access devi

Inactive Publication Date: 2009-04-09
ZENITH RADIO CORP
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However, non-personal-computer on-line access devices are being, and have been, developed that enable end users to connect to the internet.
However, the television controllers of existing web televisions do not receive messages from their corresponding internet modules.
Moreover, current web televisions do not permit internet audio from the internet module to be swapped with television audio from the television tuner of the web television from a single integrated control source such as a television controller.

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[0025]A web television 10 is illustrated in FIG. 1 and includes a display 12 (such as a CRT) housed in a cabinet 14. The cabinet 14 also houses various switches 16 as well as an infrared sensor 18 that responds to an infrared remote control device 20. Alternatively, the remote control device 20 may be hardwired to the web television 10, or the remote control device 20 may transmit wireless signals of a kind other than infrared. The remote control device 20 may be a trakball type remote control, a conventional remote control, a keyboard type remote control, or the like.

[0026]A communication medium 22 is connected to the web television 10 permitting the web television 10 to communicate with on-line content providers such as by way of the internet. The communication medium 22 may be a phone line, a cable, an integrated services digital network, a digital subscriber line (which may include an asymmetrical digital subscriber line, a rate adapted digital subscriber line, or the like), a s...

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A web television includes a display, a tuner, an internet module, and a PIP module. The tuner is arranged to select television video for display on the display and to select television audio for display by a speaker of the web television. The internet module is arranged to supply internet video for display on the display and to supply internet audio for display by the speaker of the web television, and the internet video and audio are derived from internet communications between the web television and internet content providers. The PIP module is arranged to provide a PIP area within a main area of the display. The internet video and the television video may be swapped between the PIP area and the main area of the display, and the speaker of the web television may be swapped between the internet audio and the television audio.

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RELATED APPLICATIONS [0001]The present invention is related to the inventions disclosed in application U.S. Ser. No. (7009) which was filed on ______, in application U.S. Ser. No. (7010) which was filed on ______, and in application U.S. Ser. No. (7012) which was filed on ______.TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION [0002]The present invention relates to video and audio functions in a web television.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0003]The internet has become an integral part in the way in which content is delivered to end users. For example, newspapers, magazines, and television and cable networks have web sites that are increasingly being used to deliver content. Content is delivered by on-line content providers which include, for example, web sites and on-line service providers such as AOL™.[0004]Content is accessed by end users via on-line access devices. The on-line access device most often used currently is the personal computer. However, non-personal-computer on-line access devices a...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): H04N5/45H04N7/173H04N5/44H04N21/462
CPCH04N5/4401H04N5/45H04N21/4782H04N21/4316H04N21/4622H04N21/426
Inventor GAUGHAN, KEVIN J.ZATO, THOMAS J.
Owner ZENITH RADIO CORP
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