System and method for selecting symbols on a television display

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United States of America Patent

APP PUB NO 20020067428A1
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09881142

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A system and method for selecting symbols on a television display. In response to a viewer request, the television maintains closed caption information on the television display. The viewer may then select and retrieve additional information regarding the selected symbols. For example, in response to selecting a word of the closed caption information, in one embodiment of the invention, the television queries an external device such as Internet search engine for additional information. The external device can comprise other types of database systems such governmental, private, educational, and commercial databases. Furthermore, in one embodiment of the invention, the television queries an internal database of the television to find the requested information.

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HITACHI HOME ELECTRONICS (AMERICA) INC900 HITACHI WAY CHULA VISTA CA 91914-3556

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Thomsen, Paul M Bonita, CA 2 111

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