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US 6,097,441 AGranted
System for dual-display interaction with integrated television and internet content
AssigneeeRemote, Inc.
InventorDavid E. Allport
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AssigneeeRemote, Inc.
InventorDavid E. Allport
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Systems and methods are disclosed for using two or more cooperating but physically independent displays for enhanced viewing of data streams, where the viewing on one display does not interfere with the viewing on the other displays. The type of data streams may be complex streams such as multiple television (TV) broadcast signals or other video signals, internet data, or other local data such as information related to the state of a consumer's home appliances. The signals may include data embedded in the vertical blanking interval (VBI) for analog signals, or in dedicated slots in a digital signal according to protocols such as MPEG. The system includes a hand-held and portable remote control with a motion picture display, and hardware and/or software enabling interaction between a primary display (such as a TV) and the hand-held display. The hardware may include an integrated TV tuner, or a physically separate base station having a TV tuner, in which case the base station and the remote control would communicate via radio frequency (RF).
A method of viewing data associated with multiple channels of a TV broadcast signal substantially simultaneously comprising the steps of:
A system for providing enhanced viewing of multiple data streams comprising:
A method of swapping first data displayed on a first device, with second data displayed on a second device, wherein the first and second data are associated with first and second channels respectively and are both at least initially contained within a single data stream, and wherein the first device has communications hardware for transmitting infrared (IR) commands and the first device receives the first data via RF communications from a base station, and the second device has communications hardware for receiving IR commands, comprising the steps:
A method of viewing multiple data streams substantially simultaneously comprising the steps of:
A method of viewing different portions of data from a data stream on two physically separate displays substantially simultaneously comprising the steps of:
A method of viewing different portions of data from a data stream, on two physically separate displays substantially simultaneously, comprising the steps of:
A method of viewing data associated with multiple data streams substantially simultaneously comprising the steps of:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.