Videoviewing device providing an automatic internet access

摘要

The invention provides a video viewing device, e.g. a TV receiver, that automatically extracts an URL from a video picture stored in an image memory (1) of the video viewing device during the picture processing to display the picture on its screen (12). The extraction is initialized either automatically or in interaction with the user and is performed by an OCR process on the basis of the video picture stored in the image memory (1) of the video viewing device. As an alternative, to provide a video viewing device with an extraction means (2) for performing the OCR process and a transmission or storage of the extracted URL and an computer network access means (10), the video viewing device can give access to its image memory (1) to an external device, such as a PC that has an OCR and storage functionality and/or an access to a computer network, e.g. the internet.