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Date of Patent:
Jul. 06, 2010

Filed:

Feb. 04, 2004
Applicants:

Ian R Shelton, Ringwood, GB;

Michael B Costello, Staines, GB;

Ronnie Dan, London, GB;

Nicholas Thexton, London, GB;

Nicholas Ashton Hall, Walton-on-Thames, GB;

James Geoffrey Walker, Guildford, GB;

Stuart P Ashby, Warfield, GB;

Neil Cormican, London, GB;

Rahul Chakkara, London, GB;

Inventors:

Ian R Shelton, Ringwood, GB;

Michael B Costello, Staines, GB;

Ronnie Dan, London, GB;

Nicholas Thexton, London, GB;

Nicholas Ashton Hall, Walton-on-Thames, GB;

James Geoffrey Walker, Guildford, GB;

Stuart P Ashby, Warfield, GB;

Neil Cormican, London, GB;

Rahul Chakkara, London, GB;

Assignee:

NDS Limited, Middlesex, GB;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

An interactive method includes receiving, at a display device, background video including a multiplicity of video frames, at least one of the multiplicity of video frames including a plurality of sub-pictures, each of the plurality of sub-pictures representing an alternative background, and switching, at the display device, between a first sub-picture of the plurality of sub-pictures and a second sub-picture of the plurality of sub-pictures. Related apparatus and methods are also disclosed.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Shelton, Ian. (2010). Apparatus and methods for handling interactive applications in broadcast networks (U.S. Patent No. 7752648). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/7752648

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