Sony Corporation

Sony Electronics Inc

Xudong Yu

Leo M Pedlow, Jr

Rolf Toft

Toshiro Ozawa

George Edward Williams

Brant L Candelore

Christopher Jensen Read

Robert Winston Blanchard

David Boyden

Djung N Nguyen

Seth Hill

Nobukazu Sugiyama

Tanmay Agnihotri

Eric Hsiao

William Arthur Schupp

Aravind Asam

Dipendu Saha

Dongwook Kim

The user of an Internet-enabled CE device such as a TV can select an object in a video presented on the display of the CE device by either touch sensitive screen or input device. The processor of the CE device can then determine the boundaries of the object, identify it using face/image recognition software, search for information/websites related to the object, and present those information/websites to the viewer on the display screen.

Enhanced information for viewer-selected video object

A method of processing a boot sequence for a processor forming a part of a module apparatus involves interrogating a host television device to determine if the host television device requires use of an application execution engine residing on the module apparatus; receiving a reply to the interrogation; and responsive to the reply, establishing a mode of operation wherein the application execution engine is used to execute application code for the host television device. This abstract is not to be considered limiting, since other embodiments may deviate from the features described in this abstract.

Multipurpose television module

An external module for use with a host television device consistent with certain embodiments wherein the host television device receives at least one content service has a connector for attaching to the module. Java&#x2122; code is received from the content service being received by the host television device over the connector. An application execution engine residing on the external module carries out execution of the Java&#x2122; code. This abstract is not to be considered limiting, since other embodiments may deviate from the features described in this abstract.

An apparatus for facilitating use of OCAP (OpenCable&#x2122; Applications Platform) standard in a host cable television device, the host cable television device having a connector consistent with certain embodiments has a removable module. An OCAP engine resides on the removable module suitable for execution of Java&#x2122; code as specified by the OCAP specification. A module side connector is affixed to the removable module, the connector being suitable for mating with the connector of the host device. The module side connector has connections suitable for carrying graphics video data from the OCAP engine to the host device suitable presentation to a video display. The module side connector further has connections suitable for carrying Java&#x2122; code instructions to the OCAP engine for execution. This abstract is not to be considered limiting, since other embodiments may deviate from the features described in this abstract.

OCAP engine module

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