Web television that performs a pip control function

Abstract

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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Problems solved by technology

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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