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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 27, 2014
Filed:
Jun. 09, 2006
Scott Allan Kendall, Lexington, KY (US);
Rajeev Madhukar Sahasrabudhe, Maple Grove, MN (US);
Scott Allan Kendall, Lexington, KY (US);
Rajeev Madhukar Sahasrabudhe, Maple Grove, MN (US);
Thomson Licensing, Boulogne-Billancourt, FR;
Abstract
An apparatus and method is presented for displaying auxiliary information associated with a multimedia program. Specifically, the present invention is directed to receiving program signals, acquiring auxiliary information (e.g. closed captioning information) from the program signals, associating time information with the auxiliary information, storing the auxiliary information in a file associated with program content, using the auxiliary information file and program content to determine candidate program portions for customization of the auxiliary information, and displaying customized auxiliary information with the program content in accordance with user selections (see FIG.). Using the present invention, users with differing abilities and/or preferences related to display of caption text may customize display of the caption information transmitted with television programs.