TELEVISION SYSTEM CONNECTABLE WITH INTERNET WEB SITE

• Main Authors: SUTTON JON, MACRAE DOUGLAS, SCHOAFF P CHRISTOPHER, YUEN HENRY C, DIAS STEVE, WARD THOMAS E, LEUNG ELSIE Y, O'NEIL SEAN, NG ART, HANCOCK KEN, WESTBERG TOM, ALEXANDER RON
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 12.02.2004
• Edition: 7
• Subjects: ADVERTISING; ARRANGEMENTS OR CIRCUITS FOR CONTROL OF INDICATING DEVICESUSING STATIC MEANS TO PRESENT VARIABLE INFORMATION; CALCULATING; COMPUTING; COUNTING; CRYPTOGRAPHY; DISPLAY; EDUCATION; ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE; ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING; ELECTRICITY; PHYSICS; PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION; SEALS

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To display an image from an Internet web site in a television system capable of displaying a television program list and advertisements in respective domains. SOLUTION: The television system has: a display monitor equipped with a screen; a tuner; a microprocessor configured to respectively display the television program list in a first domain of the screen and the advertisements in a second domain of the screen; and a means for connecting the Internet web site to the microprocessor to display one, two or more still pictures or video in the second domain of the screen. COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO