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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 27, 2005
Filed:
Nov. 26, 1999
Satoru Maeda, Kanagawa, JP;
Nobutaka Tani, Saitama, JP;
Satoru Maeda, Kanagawa, JP;
Nobutaka Tani, Saitama, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A television receiver in which a summary of an electronic mail can be displayed along with a television picture. A central processing unit (CPU) receives an electronic mail by an electronic mail function via a modemadapted for connection to an external mail server and extracts the summary of the electronic mail by a summary extraction function to write the electronic mail summary in a display memoryThe CPUcauses the summary of the electronic mail to be superimposed on the television picture by a superimposing function of a television receiving unitto display the electronic mail summary along with the television picture.