Method and device for displaying information

Television comprising:

• a screen configured to display a television program and/or user information;
• an information receiving mechanism configured to receive user text information regarding said television program or an operating menu of said television;
• a screen control mechanism configured to control said screen, which screen control mechanism causes a predefined message to be displayed on said screen, if said user text information is empty or invalid, otherwise said screen control mechanism causes said user text information to be displayed on said screen for a display time, wherein said display time depends on an amount and/or complexity of said information.

A device comprising:

• a television tuning mechanism configured to tune to a television program;
• an information receiving mechanism configured to receive information regarding said television program or an operating menu of said device;
• a signal processing mechanism configured to generate an output signal for a television, which output signal causes a predefined message to be displayed on a screen of said television, if no or invalid information has been received by said information receiving mechanism, otherwise said output signal causes said information to be displayed on said screen for a display time, wherein said display time depends on an amount and/or complexity of said information.

A computer readable medium including computer program instructions that cause a computer to execute a method of displaying information comprising:

• displaying a predefined message on said screen, if said user text information is empty or invalid, otherwise displaying said user text information on said screen for a display time, wherein said display time depends on an amount and/or complexity of said user text information.

A method for displaying information on a screen, said information either comprising user text information or not, said method comprising:

• displaying a predefined message on said screen, if said information does not comprise user text information, otherwise displaying said user text information on said screen for a display time, wherein said display time depends on an amount and/or complexity of said user text information.

A method for displaying information on a television screen, said information having been received from a server and being related to a television program currently being viewed by a user on said television screen, said method comprising:

• displaying a predefined message on said screen, if said information does not comprise user text information, otherwise displaying said user text information on said screen for a period of time, wherein said period of time depends on an amount and/or complexity of said user text information.

A method for displaying information on a screen, said information either comprising user text information or not, said method comprising:

• displaying a predefined message on said screen for exactly a time period A, if said information does not comprise user text information, otherwise displaying said user text information on said screen for a display time, wherein said display time is determined by adding said time period A and a product of a number of characters of said user text information and a predetermined time factor.

A television comprising:

• a screen configured to display information, said information either comprising user text information or not;
• a screen control mechanism configured to control said screen, which screen control mechanism causes a predefined message to be displayed on said screen, if said information does not comprise user text information, otherwise said screen control mechanism causes said user text information to be displayed on said screen for a display time, wherein said display time depends on an amount and/or complexity of said user text information.