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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 17, 2009
Filed:
Apr. 17, 2003
Richard Allen Zemer, Noblesville, IN (US);
Mark Gilmore Mears, Zionsville, IN (US);
Chad Andrew Lefevre, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Aaron Hal Dinwiddie, Cicero, IN (US);
Joseph Wayne Forler, Zionsville, IN (US);
Richard Allen Zemer, Noblesville, IN (US);
Mark Gilmore Mears, Zionsville, IN (US);
Chad Andrew Lefevre, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Aaron Hal Dinwiddie, Cicero, IN (US);
Joseph Wayne Forler, Zionsville, IN (US);
Thomson Licensing, Boulogne-Billancourt, FR;
Abstract
Screen bum on televisions having Internet browser capability is avoided by removing the conventional static icons such as toolbars and buttons from the default browser and replacing their functions with keyboard keys. The invention is especially useful in projection televisions and with keyboards which have keys assigned to browser functions. Favorite URLs can be mapped to a favorite key by holding down the favorite key while a favorite web page is displayed.