Method and digital television unit for operating broadcast applications

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EP 1 345 425 A8

(12)	CORRECTED EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(48)	Corrigendum issued on:
	17.12.2003 Bulletin 2003/51

(43)	Date of publication:
	17.09.2003 Bulletin 2003/38

(21)	Application number: 02251822.9

(22)	Date of filing: 14.03.2002

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: H04N 5/445

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE TR
	Designated Extension States:
	AL LT LV MK RO SI

(71)	Applicant: Sony Service Centre (Europe) N.V.
	1840 Londerzeel (BE)

(72)	Inventors:
	Cobbaert, Hubert 1750 Lennik (BE) Steenput, Eli 1740 Ternat (BE) Alouini, Ilies 1030 Brussels (BE)

(74)	Representative: Ayers, Martyn Lewis Stanley
	J.A. KEMP & CO., 14 South Square, Gray's Inn London WC1R 5JJ London WC1R 5JJ (GB)

(54)	Method and digital television unit for operating broadcast applications

(57) A method and digital television unit for operating broadcast applications and resident applications together in a digital television unit, the broadcast applications being downloaded from a broadcast stream, wherein one or more broadcast map memories are provided for broadcast applications and one or more resident map memories for resident applications, each map memory storing pixel data for display on a display, the broadcast and resident applications respectively causing broadcast and resident pixel data to be stored in the respective map memories as required, and wherein one of a) said one or more broadcast map memories and b) said one or more resident map memories is selected so as to display selectively data from the broadcast applications or the resident applications.