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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 14, 2012
Filed:
Nov. 19, 2009
Sudhindra Murthy, Irving, TX (US);
Lakshmi N Chakarapani, Irving, TX (US);
Sudhindra Murthy, Irving, TX (US);
Lakshmi N Chakarapani, Irving, TX (US);
Verizon Patent and Licensing, Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Abstract
A video client device receives a request for interactive television content. The video client device provides, in response to the request, the interactive television content for display on a video display device. The video client device receives an instruction to initiate an autoscroll function. The video client device retrieves, in response to the instruction, configuration information that identifies a manner for performing the autoscroll function. The video client device performs the autoscroll function to automatically scroll through the interactive television content, in a horizontal direction or a vertical direction, on the video display device based on the configuration information.