Systems and methods for graphically annotating displays produced in a television receiver
AssigneeEchoStar Technologies L.L.C.
InventorsLuke VanDuyn, Karen Taxier, Neil Marten
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Abstract
Systems, devices and methods provide for graphically annotating television images received and presented by a set top box (STB) or other television receiver. A pallette of available illustration tools is presented on the display in conjunction with the television image to be annotated, and the viewer is able to use the various illustration tools to make annotations, captions, edits or other changes to the displayed image. Viewer inputs may be provided via a touchpad, directional pad or other device capable of providing two-dimensional inputs.
Claims20
A method executable within a television receiver to graphically modify a television image produced on a display by the television receiver in response to viewer instructions transmitted from a remote control, the method comprising:
- providing the television image to the display in conjunction with a pallette, wherein the pallette comprises a plurality of illustration tools;
- receiving a first two-dimensional input from the remote control that indicates one of the plurality of illustration tools presented within the pallette on the display;
- selecting the indicated one of the plurality of illustration tools in response to the first two-dimensional input;
- receiving a second two-dimensional input from the remote control;
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- annotating the television image using the selected one of the plurality of illustration tools and the second two-dimensional input.
A method executable within a television receiver for providing an annotated image based upon television programming received at the television receiver in response to viewer instructions transmitted from a remote control, the method comprising:
- receiving the television programming at the television receiver;
- decoding the television programming using the television receiver to generate a television image for presentation on a display communicatively coupled to the television receiver;
- providing the television image to the display in conjunction with a pallette image that overlies the television image, wherein the pallette image indicates a plurality of available illustration tools;
- annotating the television image by the television receiver using at least one of the available illustration tools in response to two-dimensional viewer input signals received via the remote control to thereby create the annotated image;
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- transmitting the annotated image from the television receiver to a recipient via a communication network coupled to the television receiver.
A video receiver to present imagery on a display in response to viewer input signals provided from a remote control, the receiver comprising:
- a receiver interface configured to receive an incoming modulated signal;
- a decoder configured to decode the incoming modulated signal to extract a video signal comprising a television image;
- a display interface configured to provide the video signal to the display;
- a wireless receiver configured to receive the viewer input signals from the remote control, wherein the viewer input is a two-dimensional input;
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- a controller configured to receive the viewer input signals from the wireless receiver and to generate the imagery presented on the display, wherein the imagery comprises the television image in conjunction with a pallette image that overlies the television image, wherein the pallette image comprises a plurality of available illustration tools, and wherein the controller is further configured to annotate the television image by the television receiver using at least one of the available illustration tools in response to the viewer input signals received via the remote control to thereby create the annotated image.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.