Method and apparatus for displaying textual or graphic data on the screen of television receivers
CA 2245573 C · Owner: Kwoh, Daniel S. · Inventors: Kwoh, Daniel S.
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A local language is pre-stored in permanent memory (24). Equivalent data is transmitted in the vertical blanking interval (VBI) to television receivers (17). Each equivalent data set comprises a unique language identifier (38) and a foreign language translation (36) of or graphical representative of, the , local language pre-stored in permanent memory. The viewer selects the language to be displayed from an on screen menu with a remote controller (23). The selected equivalent data is retrieved from the VBI and stored in a RAM (18) for future display. When the microprocessor calls up the text of a command for display, the equivalent data is substituted for the local language data so …
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- Filed November 13, 1996 and granted July 8, 2003. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended November 13, 2016.
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