Method and apparatus for interacting and selecting information on a video device
US6211878A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 16, 1998 |
| Grant date | Apr 3, 2001 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 16, 2018 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04N21/4782
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method and apparatus for interacting and selecting information on a video device employs a remote control unit which has a plurality of user interface devices. The user interface devices control information flow on the video device in a predetermined manner. The method and apparatus for interacting with information on the video device directly interacts with Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) tags without the need of a graphical mouse pointer on the video device.
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