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US 6,308,329 B1Granted
Push type data display method, receiving apparatus, and display device
AssigneeSony Corporation
InventorNaomasa Takahashi
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Abstract
A display device consisting of an LCD or the like is provided on the front of a set-top box employed as an entrance to receive push type data, and information of a push type data service representing sports, news, weather forecast and so forth are displayed thereon. Such information is displayed by sequentially presenting the data transmitted by the push technology or in accordance with the contents selected previously by each user. Push type data can always be displayed continuously without the necessity of operating a personal computer and so forth.
Claims3
Push type data receiving apparatus comprising:
- an input device connected to receive and demodulate push type data transmitted from a source, said input device operating as an entrance for direct reception of said push type data;
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- a display electrically connected to said input device for displaying the received and demodulated push type data, wherein said input device is a television receiver having a display screen, and said display is a display unit integrally incorporated into said television receiver separate and apart from said display screen.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.