Method of displaying help-words contents of on-screen...

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2005-04-12

2005-04-12

Kostak, Victor R. (Department: 2614)

Television

Basic receiver with additional function

For display of additional information

C725S040000

Reexamination Certificate

active

06879350

ABSTRACT:
A method of displaying help-words content of on-screen display menu items in a digital TV receiver having a plurality of buttons including OSD function, help function, and marker movement buttons. The method includes the steps of displaying an OSD menu area on at least a first portion of a previously-displayed program image when a user presses the OSD function button, indicating one of items of the OSD menu area using the marker when the user presses the marker movement buttons, and displaying a help-words contents area of the item indicated by the marker on at least a second portion of the previously-displayed program image when the user presses the help button.

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NTL Digitalplus User Guide, pp. 98-99 (Sep. 2000).
www.ddelec.com/digital/remote.htm (DDElectronics) See “arrow buttons” and “help” button (Apr. 30, 2000).
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“Using your Sky digibox”, DRX 100 (Amstrad), see p. (ii), (Nov. 1998).

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