System for integrating personalized data with visual content

A personalized data delivery system for dynamically integrating viewer-specified data with visual content, the personalized data delivery system comprising:

• an input port for receiving visual content from a visual content source;
• a data port for performing at least one of:
• (i) receiving data from a data content source;
• and (ii) sending requests for viewer-specified data from the data content source;
• an output port for displaying enhanced visual content on a display screen, the enhanced visual content including the received visual content and at least a portion of the received data;
• and
• an interface operatively coupled to the input port, the data port and the output port, the interface including:
• a processor being responsive to one or more viewer personalization parameters and operative to generate the enhanced visual content by selectively visually integrating at least a portion of the received data with a video frame in accordance with the personalization parameters;
• and
• memory coupled to the processor, the memory storing at least one of the viewer personalization parameters and the received data;
• wherein the viewer personalization parameters correspond to a manner in which the received data is to be displayed with the visual content on the display screen.

A method of dynamically integrating viewer-specified data with visual content, the method comprising the steps of:

• receiving a visual content signal;
• retrieving data from at least one of a data content source and the received visual content signal;
• specifying one or more viewer personalization parameters, the viewer personalization parameters operatively controlling a manner in which at least a portion of the retrieved data is displayed on a display screen;
• generating an enhanced visual content signal by selectively visually integrating at least a portion of the retrieved data with a video frame in accordance with the viewer personalization parameters;
• and
• displaying the enhanced visual content on the display screen.