Apparatus and methods for handling interactive applications in broadcast networks

An interactive method includes receiving, at a display device, background video including a multiplicity of video frames, at least one of the multiplicity of video frames including a plurality of sub-pictures, each of the plurality of sub-pictures representing an alternative background, and switchin...

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Main Authors THEXTON NICOLAS, COSTELLO MICHAEL B, CORMICAN NEIL, WALKER JAMES G, HALL NICOLAS A, SHELTON IAN R, ASHBY STUART P, DAN RONNIE I
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 15.06.2006
Subjects
ADVERTISING
AMUSEMENTS
ARRANGEMENTS OR CIRCUITS FOR CONTROL OF INDICATING DEVICESUSING STATIC MEANS TO PRESENT VARIABLE INFORMATION
CALCULATING
CARD, BOARD, OR ROULETTE GAMES
COMPUTING
COUNTING
CRYPTOGRAPHY
DISPLAY
EDUCATION
ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
ELECTRICITY
GAMES
GAMES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
HUMAN NECESSITIES
INDOOR GAMES USING SMALL MOVING PLAYING BODIES
PHYSICS
PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
SEALS
SPORTS
VIDEO GAMES
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Summary:An interactive method includes receiving, at a display device, background video including a multiplicity of video frames, at least one of the multiplicity of video frames including a plurality of sub-pictures, each of the plurality of sub-pictures representing an alternative background, and switching, at the display device, between a first sub-picture of the plurality of sub-pictures and a second sub-picture of the plurality of sub-pictures. Related apparatus and methods are also disclosed.
Bibliography:Application Number: US20050543765