System and method for displaying closed captions in an interactive TV environment

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United States of America Patent

APP PUB NO 20020075403A1
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09945005

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The present invention is directed toward a method and system for displaying closed captions encoded in a video program represented by an electronic signal in an interactive television system. In one aspect the present invention may be used to receive the electronic signal and ITV data and to determine if a conflict exists between the screen location of the closed caption and the screen location of the ITV data. If a conflict does exists the present invention relocates the closed captions to a screen location reserved for displaying closed captions.

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MIXED SIGNALS TECHNOLOGIES INC8671 HAYDEN PLACE CULVER CITY CA 90232

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Barone, Samuel T JR Culver City, CA 10 856
Smith, Drake Oxford, CT 7 528

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