Television having a java engine and a removable device port
AssigneeSharp Laboratories of America, Inc.
InventorsJon Fairhurst, Henry Fang, Bryan Hallberg, Mark Hanley, Vishnu Kumar Rao, Jeffrey Sampsell
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Abstract
Method and apparatus for use with televisions having an internal Java engine are included among the embodiments. In exemplary systems, a PCMCIA port allows the Java engine to load and execute Java applets selected by the viewer. Provision is made for system-aware applets to run concurrently with platform-independent applets on different Java display planes that are merged for display. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
Claims24
A television comprising:
- at least one video input;
- a programmable processor to supply a digital video stream for a television display, the digital video stream based on the video input in at least one operational mode;
- a removable-device port coupled to the programmable processor;
- and
- an execution engine capable of launching the executable code accessible through the removable-device port when a removable device is inserted in the removable-device port;
- wherein the programmable processor is capable of directing the output of the executable code accessed through the removable-device port to the digital video stream.
A method of operating a television, the method comprising:
- providing a television port that allows a viewer to connect a removable device to the television;
- accessing a removable device connected to the television port to obtain computer instructions;
- running the computer instructions;
- and
- directing the output of the computer instructions to a television display.
A method of operating a television, the method comprising:
- running first and second sets of computer code concurrently;
- directing the output of the first set of computer code to a system display plane;
- directing the output of the second set of computer code to a second display plane;
- and
- merging the output of the system and second display planes to form an output directed to a television display.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.