US 6,721,015 B2 · Sound bite augmentation

Abstract

An audio description of a television program, i.e., a sound bite, is reproduced simultaneously with the display of the program at a television receiver. Specifically, the sound bite is embedded in a television signal that contains audio component and a video component. The television signal is transmitted to a plurality of television receivers and intercepted at one of the receivers. The video component is displayed on a monitor and the audio component is reproduced. On command the sound bite is reproduced instead of the audio component. An audio description of a television program, i.e., a sound bite, is also reproduced simultaneously with the display of a program listing of the program at a television receiver. Specifically, when the program listing is marked with an on-screen cursor, the sound bite is reproduced.

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Dependent claims

A method for augmenting the viewing of a live telecast television program comprising:

embedding a sound bite component in a VBI of a television signal, the television signal including an audio component, and a video component in a television signal;
telecasting the television signal;
receiving the telecast television signal by a television;
displaying the video component on a television screen;
reproducing the audio component by the television;
displaying an icon indicating the presence of the sound bite component in the received telecast signal simultaneous with the displayed video component on the television screen;
activating the displayed icon by a television viewer;
extracting the sound bite from the received television signal responsive to activation of the displayed icon;
and
reproducing the sound bite instead of the audio component by the television.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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