Document data structure and method for integrating broadcast television with web pages

A computer program product comprising one or more computer-readable media having computer-executable instructions for implementing a method for enabling the display of a television broadcast containing video images as part of a markup-language document, the method comprising one or more microprocessors performing the following:

• incorporating markup-language tags and markup-language attributes into a mark-up language document that together determine the format and content of the markup-language document;
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• incorporating an object tag into the markup-language document that identifies a URI of a television resource, the television resource identifying a television broadcast source;
• wherein one or more of the markup-language tags include a z attribute specifying a z position for the corresponding one or more markup-language tags, and wherein at least one of the one or more markup-language tags specifies the z position of the broadcast video images to be with respect to other parts of the markup-language document and wherein the video images of the television broadcast are displayed in accordance with the relative z position specified in the z attribute of the at least one of the one or more mark-up tags.

A method for displaying a stream of television broadcast video images as part of a markup-language document, the method comprising one or more microprocessors performing the following:

• incorporating markup-language tags and markup-language attributes into a mark-up language document that together determine the format and content of the markup-language document;
• and
• incorporating an object tag into the markup-language document that identifies a URI of a television resource, the television resource identifying a television broadcast source;
• wherein one or more of the markup-language tags include a transparency attribute specifying a level of transparency for one or more portions of the markup-language document to overly at least some of the television broadcast video images during display and wherein the television broadcast video images are displayed and the one or more portions of the markup-language document are overlaid in accordance with the level of transparency specified in the transparency attribute of the at least one of the markup-language tags.

A computer program product comprising one or more computer-readable media having computer-executable instructions for implementing a method for displaying a stream of television broadcast video images as part of a markup-language document, the method comprising one or more microprocessors performing the following:

• incorporating markup-language tags and markup-language attributes into a mark-up language document that together determine the format and content of the markup-language document;
• and
• incorporating an object tag into the markup-language document that identifies a URI of a television resource, the television resource identifying a television broadcast source;
• wherein one or more of the markup-language tags include a transparency attribute specifying a level of transparency for one or more portions of the markup-language document to overly at least some of the television broadcast video images during display and wherein the television broadcast video images are displayed and the one or more portions of the markup-language document are overlaid in accordance with the level of transparency specified in the transparency attribute of the at least one of the markup-language tags.