System And Method For Providing Foreign Language Support For A Remote Control Device
US Patent:
6559866, May 6, 2003
Filed:
May 23, 2001
Appl. No.:
09/863895
Inventors:
Hubert E. Kolde - Mercer Island WA Kory D. Christensen - Kaysville UT David J. McKenzie - West Valley City UT
Assignee:
Digeo, Inc. - Kirkland WA
International Classification:
G06F 300
US Classification:
345765, 345703, 345866, 348734, 704 8
Abstract:
In response to an interactive option becoming available, an icon sharing visual characteristics with a corresponding button of a remote control is displayed. A description of the interactive option in the language of the user may also be presented visually or audibly. The icon and description may be displayed alone or in a configuration of a map of the remote control. The description may be audibly output using voice synthesis techniques.