Remote markup of a display device using a wireless internet appliance as an electronic canvas
AssigneeGeneral Instrument Corporation
InventorRobert H. Folk II
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Abstract
The present invention provides a method and device that allows a viewer to generate and overlay graphical data onto video images displayed on local and remote devices via a network such as the Internet. The method comprises inputting at least one instruction corresponding to a graphic into an input device; storing the at least one instruction in the input device; transmitting data corresponding to the instruction from the input device to a remote server operatively connected to at least one remote display interface, and selectively transmitting the instruction from the remote server to the at least one interface wherein the at least one interface overlays the graphic onto video displayed on a display device.
Claims23
A method for incorporating a graphic with a received video broadcast displayed on a display device comprising:
- inputting at least one instruction corresponding to a graphic into an input device;
- storing said at least one instruction in said input device;
- transmitting data corresponding to said instruction from said input device to a remote server, said server being operatively connected to at least one remote display interface of the display device and being further connected to at least one display adapted to display said graphic on said display device;
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- selectively transmitting said instruction from said remote server to said at least one display interface wherein said at least one display interface overlays said graphic on the received video broadcast displayed on said display device.
A device for the transmission of graphical data to a remote device comprising:
- an input module, said input module adapted to receive and store graphical data input by a user;
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- a communication module, said communication module adapted to transmit said graphical data received by said input module;
- a remote server operatively connected to the communication module for receiving the graphical data;
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- at least one display device having a display interface operatively connected to the remote server, said display device being adapted to display a received video broadcast and said graphical data, wherein in response to at least one user instruction said graphical data is received by said input module, said communication module transmits said graphical data to said remote server, said remote server transmits said graphical data to said display device interface, wherein said display interface overlays said graphical data on the received video broadcast displayed on said display device.
A method for incorporating a graphic with a received video broadcast displayed on a display device comprising:
- receiving at a remote server at least one instruction corresponding to a graphic from an input device, said server being operatively connected to at least one display device adapted to display said graphic thereon;
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- selectively transmitting said instruction from said remote server to said at least one display device wherein said at least one display device overlays said graphic on the received video broadcast displayed on said display device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.