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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jun. 23, 2015

Filed:

Nov. 13, 2009
Applicants:

Mark Simpson, Princeton Jct., NJ (US);

Richard Chernock, Lawrenceville, NJ (US);

Inventors:

Mark Simpson, Princeton Jct., NJ (US);

Richard Chernock, Lawrenceville, NJ (US);

Assignee:

Triveni Digital, Inc., Princeton Junction, NJ (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/10 (2006.01); H04N 7/173 (2011.01); H04N 21/654 (2011.01); H04N 21/235 (2011.01); H04N 21/2389 (2011.01); H04N 21/426 (2011.01); H04N 21/43 (2011.01); H04N 21/435 (2011.01); H04N 21/44 (2011.01); H04N 21/462 (2011.01); H04N 21/61 (2011.01); H04N 21/6332 (2011.01); H04N 21/6543 (2011.01); H04N 21/84 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/654 (2013.01); H04N 21/235 (2013.01); H04N 21/23892 (2013.01); H04N 21/4263 (2013.01); H04N 21/4307 (2013.01); H04N 21/435 (2013.01); H04N 21/44008 (2013.01); H04N 21/4622 (2013.01); H04N 21/6112 (2013.01); H04N 21/6125 (2013.01); H04N 21/6332 (2013.01); H04N 21/6543 (2013.01); H04N 21/84 (2013.01);
Abstract

Provided is an enhanced television system and method including a television receiver in communication with a broadcast reception tuner. The television receiver is configured to receive and display video data from a video stream and enhancement data from the reception tuner. The video stream includes embedded base programming identification metadata, and the television receiver is further configured to extract a base identification tag from the embedded base programming identification metadata, and combine enhancement data received from the reception tuner associated with the base identification tag with the video stream. The video stream may then be displayed.


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