Computer graphics processing and selective visual display system – Display driving control circuitry – Controlling the condition of display elements
Patent
1995-11-28
1998-09-08
Flynn, Nathan J.
Computer graphics processing and selective visual display system
Display driving control circuitry
Controlling the condition of display elements
348553, 348564, 348468, H04N 5445
Patent
active
058051538
ABSTRACT:
The preferred embodiment of the present invention provides a method and system for resizing subtitles of a video without resizing the video image itself. The preferred embodiment is typically user initiated. First, a user requests a video from a server. The server transmits two data streams, a video/audio (hereinafter referred to as "video") data stream and a text data stream, over the network to the client computer. The client receives and sends both data streams to a viewer program (e.g., a browser). The browser combines the two data streams into a single window as seen by the user.
Since the video and subtitles are sent as two separate streams of information, upon user request the browser is able to resize the subtitles and the subtitle viewing area independently from resizing the video image. The browser resizes the subtitles by rendering the subtitles in a user selected font size. In this way, the problems associated with the prior art technique of proportional resizing are avoided while the benefits of limited data transmission over the network are maintained.
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Flynn Nathan J.
Sun Microsystems Inc.
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