System and method for a user interface to input URL addresses from captured video frames
AssigneesSony Corporation, Sony Electronics Inc.
InventorToshiya Fujii
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Abstract
A system and method for a user interface to input URL address data obtained from captured video frames while simultaneously viewing a television broadcast, the system having a television with associated television screen, a set-top box, and a remote control. The invention also includes means for initiating a video-viewing mode (where the television receives a television signal via the set-top box and displays the television signal on the television screen), a capture manager for capturing image data frames from the television signal, an interface manager for displaying information windows on the display screen, and a search manager for retrieving data pages from a networked source such as the Internet.
Claims26
A device for capturing image data, comprising:
- a display coupled to said device to show a signal from a transmission
- source during a viewing mode;
- a capture manager configured to capture said image data from said
- signal during said viewing mode;
- and
- an interface manager configured to show information windows on said
- display during said viewing mode, said interface manager showing an address input window for entering information to access a web page from an Internet network and a captured frame window for showing said image data on said display in response to a freeze-frame control option.
A system for capturing image data, comprising:
- means for showing a signal from a transmission source on a display during a viewing mode;
- means for capturing said image data from said signal during said viewing mode;
- means for showing said image data in a captured frame window on a first portion of said display during said viewing mode and in response to a freeze frame control option;
- means for showing an address input window on a second portion of said display during said viewing mode and in response to said freeze frame control option;
- and
- means for entering information into said address input window to access a web page from an Internet network.
A method for capturing image data, comprising the steps of:
- showing a signal from a transmission source on a display during a viewing mode;
- capturing said image data from said signal during said viewing mode;
- showing said image data in a captured frame window on a first portion of said display during said viewing mode and in response to a freeze frame control option;
- showing an address input window on a second portion of said display during said viewing mode and in response to said freeze frame control option;
- and
- entering information into said address input window to access a web page from an Internet network.
A computer-readable medium comprising program instructions for capturing image data, by performing the steps of:
- showing a signal from a transmission source on a display during a viewing mode;
- capturing said image data from said signal during said viewing mode;
- showing said image data in a captured frame window on a first portion of said display during said viewing mode and in response to a freeze frame control option;
- showing an address input window on a second portion of said display during said viewing mode and in response to said freeze frame control option;
- and
- entering information into said address input window to access a web page from an Internet network.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.