Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm Thu Ann Dang Ryan, Mason & Lewis, LLP
  • Patent number: 6806887
    Abstract: A personalized data delivery system for dynamically integrating viewer-specified data with visual content includes an input port for receiving a visual content signal, an output port for displaying enhanced visual content on a display, and an interface operatively coupled to the input and output ports. The personalized data delivery system may also include an input/output port for receiving data from a data content source other than the visual content signal and/or for sending requests for viewer specified data to the data content source. Parameters for the selection and display of data can be customized by the viewer. The interface includes at least one processor responsive to one or more viewer personalization parameters and operative to integrate at least a portion of the received data with the visual content signal in accordance with the personalization parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2004
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Richard S. Chernock, Paolo Dettori, Frank A. Schaffa, David I. Seidman