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US 2015/0106857 A1Published application
System And Method For Generating Screen Pointing Information In A Television Control Device
AssigneeBroadcom Corporation
InventorsJeyhan Karaoguz, Nambirajan Seshadri
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Abstract
A system and method, in a television control device, for generating screen pointing information, substantially as shown in and/or described in connection with at least one of the figures, as set forth more completely in the claims.
Claims20
A method for identifying a user-selected object in television programming, the method comprising:
- in a television having a screen:
- presenting television programming, the television programming comprising user-selectable objects;
- determining, by sensors integrated into the screen, an on-screen pointing location pointed to by a user of the television;
- and
- identifying a user-selectable object in the presented television programming at which the user is pointing based, at least in part, on the determined on-screen pointing location.
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A video display device comprising at least one module operable to, at least:
- present a video stream, the video stream comprising user-selectable objects;
- determine an on-screen pointing location pointed to by a pointing device;
- and
- identify a user-selectable object in the presented video stream at which the pointing device is pointing based, at least in part, on the determined on-screen pointing location.
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A television receiver for communicating with a television comprising:
- at least one module, located in the television receiver, operable to, at least:
- provide television programming to the television, the television programming comprising user-selectable objects;
- determine an on-screen pointing location on the television pointed to by a remote control;
- and
- identify a user-selectable object in the presented television programming at which the remote control is pointing based, at least in part, on the determined on-screen pointing location.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.