Web television that swaps television video and internet video in a pip area

a web television and pip technology, applied in the field of web tv, can solve the problems of not being able to swap controllers of existing web tvs do not receive messages from their corresponding internet modules, and current web tvs cannot permit the swap of internet audio from the internet modul

Inactive Publication Date: 2009-04-16
ZENITH RADIO CORP
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Benefits of technology

Enables seamless swapping and display of internet and television content within the same display area, enhancing user experience by providing status updates and integrated control over internet and TV functionalities without the need for external set-top boxes.

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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[0023]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.

[0024]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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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 a divisional of a copending U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10 / 420,131 filed on Apr. 22, 2003 which is a divisional of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09 / 551,410 filed on Apr. 18, 2000 which is a continuation of a U.S. patent application Ser. No. 08 / 787,831 was filed on Jan. 23, 1997 (now U.S. Pat. No. 6,097,383). The present application is related to the inventions disclosed in U.S. patent application Ser. No. 08 / 787,660 filed on Jan. 23, 1997 (now U.S. Pat. No. 6,073,171), and in U.S. patent application Ser. No. 08 / 787,654 filed on Jan. 23, 1997 (now U.S. Pat. No. 5,977,963), and in U.S. patent application Ser. No. 08 / 787,662 filed on Jan. 23, 1997 (now U.S. Pat. No. 5,844,552), and in U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09 / 551,114 filed on Apr. 18, 2000 (now U.S. Pat. No. 6,272,680).TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION[0002]The present invention relates to a web TV having a television controller and an internet module where television...

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Patent Type & AuthorityApplications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): H04N7/173H04N5/45H04N5/44H04N21/462
CPCH04N5/4401H04N5/45H04N21/4782H04N21/4316H04N21/4622H04N21/426
InventorGAUGHAN, KEVIN J.ZATO, THOMAS J.
OwnerZENITH RADIO CORP