# US 8,789,129 B2 · Television and method for operating the same > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 8,789,129 B2 - Document ID: US8789129B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 12/498,371 - Filed: 2009-07-07 - Published: 2010-06-17 - Granted: 2014-07-22 - Earliest claimed: 2008-12-15 - Assignees: Wistron Corporation - Applicants: Chien-Tsuen Liu; Yung-Chih Lin - Inventors: Chien-Tsuen Liu; Yung-Chih Lin - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US8789129B2 ## CPC - H04N 5/445: for displaying additional information (H04N5/50 takes precedence) - H04N 21/4113: {PC} - H04N 21/44008: {involving operations for analysing video streams, e.g. detecting features or characteristics in the video stream (arrangements characterised by components specially adapted for monitoring, identification or recognition of video in broadcast systems H04H60/59)} - G10L 15/26: Speech to text systems (G10L15/08 takes precedence) - H04N 21/4622: {Retrieving content or additional data from different sources, e.g. from a broadcast channel and the Internet (web site content organization and management for information retrieval from the Internet G06F16/958; transmission by internet of broadcast information H04H60/82; stock exchange data over packet-switching network H04L12/1804; push services including data channel over packet-switching network H04L12/1859)} - H04N 21/47: End-user applications - H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION - G10L: SPEECH ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES OR SPEECH SYNTHESIS; SPEECH RECOGNITION; SPEECH OR VOICE PROCESSING TECHNIQUES; SPEECH OR AUDIO CODING OR DECODING ## Abstract In the specification and drawing a television is described and shown with a multimedia player for playing information, a grabber for producing a word from the information and a controller for controlling a computer to search for data related to the word. Moreover, a method for operating the television is also disclosed in the specification and drawing. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A television, comprising: a multimedia player for playing information, wherein the multimedia player comprises a display module for displaying at least one frame; a grabber for producing at least a word from the information, wherein the grabber comprises a hyphenation dictionary and a character recognition module for recognizing subtitles in the frame that is displayed by the display module and further for dividing the subtitles that are recognized in the frame into various words according to the hyphenation dictionary; a high definition multimedia interface connected to a computer; a controller for controlling the computer through the high definition multimedia interface, so as to search for data related to the word; and a user interface for operating the computer, wherein the user interface is a software keyboard or a tactile user interface, wherein the controller comprises: a signal generation module for generating a CEC command according to the word; and a control module connected to the high definition multimedia interface for commanding the computer to search the word from the internet via the high definition multimedia interface according to the CEC command. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The television as claimed in claim 1, wherein the multimedia player comprises: a sound player for playing sound. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The television as claimed in claim 1, wherein the multimedia player comprises: a program guide module for displaying an electronic program guide. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The television as claimed in claim 1, further comprising: a receiver for acquiring a frame from the computer; and a switcher for showing the frame. ### Claim 5 (depends on 2) The television as claimed in claim 2, wherein the grabber comprises: a buffer module for storing a wave file according to the sound; and a speech recognizer for transforming the wave file into the word. ### Claim 6 (depends on 3) The television as claimed in claim 3, wherein the grabber comprises: a sampling module for acquiring the word from the electronic program guide. ### Claim 7 A method for operating a television, comprising following steps: (a) producing at least one word when the television plays the information, the television comprising a display module for displaying at least one frame, wherein the step (a) comprises recognizing subtitles in the frame that is displayed by the display module and further dividing the subtitles that are recognized in the frame into various words according to a hyphenation dictionary when the display module displays the frame; (b) controlling a computer through a high definition multimedia interface, so as to search for data related to the word, wherein the step (b) comprises: generating a CEC command according to the word; and commanding the computer to search the word from internet via the high definition multimedia interface according to the CEC command, wherein the high definition multimedia interface connects the television and the computer; and (c) operating the computer via a user interface that is a software keyboard or a tactile user interface. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The method as claimed in claim 7, wherein the step (b) comprises: storing a wave file according to sound when the television plays the sound; and transforming the wave file into words. ### Claim 9 (depends on 7) The method as claimed in claim 7, wherein the step (b) comprises: acquiring the word from an electronic program guide when the television displays the electronic program guide. ### Claim 10 (depends on 7) The method as claimed in claim 7, further comprising: acquiring a frame from the computer; and showing the frame.