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Method and apparatus for interacting and selecting information on a video device

US6211878A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateNov 16, 1998
Grant dateApr 3, 2001
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Expiry dateNov 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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