Customizing the display of information by parsing descriptive closed caption data

摘要

The display of information supplied from a remote source is customized. Profile data identifying user preferences or display characteristics associated with a user's display device is transmitted to the remote source. Descriptive closed caption data disposed in a predetermined location in the data structure of the information is received from that remote source. The descriptive closed caption data is parsed from the received information; and the user's preference or display characteristic is recognized from the parsed data. The parsed data is used to control the user's display device, thereby displaying the supplied information in accordance with the user's preference or in accordance with the particular display characteristics of the user's display device.

主权项

1. A method of customizing the display of information supplied from a remote source and exhibiting a data structure, comprising:
transmitting to the remote source profile data associated with a user's display device identifying predetermined display characteristics of the user's display device, including display format, of the user's display device; receiving from said remote source descriptive closed caption data disposed in a predetermined location in the data structure of the supplied information, the descriptive closed caption data including subtitle textual information representing subtitle text in plural different languages, the descriptive closed caption data identifying a display format that is adaptable to match the format of the user's display device identified by the display format included in the profile data; parsing from the received information said descriptive closed caption data; recognizing a predetermined display characteristic in the parsed data; selecting from the received descriptive closed caption data one of said different languages corresponding to a particular language identified by a user preference in the profile data transmitted to the remote source; and controlling a user's display device with said parsed data to display the subtitle text in the selected language in a predetermined format at a predetermined location in accordance with the predetermined display characteristic of the user's display device.