Interactive television system and method for displaying a graphical user interface using insert pictures
US6606746B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 17, 1998 |
| Grant date | Aug 12, 2003 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 17, 2018 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04N21/8586
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A system and method for providing a graphical user interface (GUI) in an interactive television system. In the preferred embodiment, the interactive television system comprises a video delivery system for providing video content, and at least one subscriber television including a display screen, wherein the subscriber television is coupled to the video delivery system. According to the present invention, the video delivery system provides a compressed background picture and one or more compressed insert pictures. Each of the compressed insert pictures represents a display portion of the GUI. The subscriber television receives the compressed background picture and the one or more compressed insert pictures, and operates to paste at least one of the compressed insert pictures into the compressed background picture. The pasting is preferably performed in response to interactive program execution and/or user input. The subscriber television then decodes the compressed background picture including the at least one compressed insert picture and displays the background picture with the at least one insert picture incorporated into the background picture, wherein this displaying operates t…
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