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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 01, 2000
Filed:
Apr. 16, 1997
Alain Staron, Paris, FR;
Thomson Consumer Electronics S.A., Coubervoie, FR;
Abstract
Videotext data or data transmitted through a telephone network is displayed by: receiving and decoding the data by a receiver/decoder device disposed in a television receiver, a video cassette recorder, or connected to the television receiver or the video cassette recorder; transmitting the data from the television receiver or the video cassette recorder to a control device for the television receiver or the video cassette recorder; and, receiving and displaying the data on a display device of the control device. The data may be displayed on a tactile sensitive screen of the control device, for example liquid crystal or plasma displays. The television receiver or the video cassette recorder may be programmed responsive to tactile stimulation of the screen.