Television tuner that changes the rendering of a digital television broadcast according to information displayed on a scoreboard during a sporting event

摘要

A television tuner and method monitor a scoreboard during a television sporting event and affect the viewing and/or recording of the sporting event according to information on the scoreboard. For example, the presentation of the sporting event may be affected according to the scoreboard by muting the volume or blanking the screen whenever the clock on the scoreboard is not running. In another example, the tuner and method control the recording of a television sporting event according to information on the scoreboard. A recorder could be paused whenever the clock is not running and resumed when the clock starts, thereby automatically skipping all commercials and all commentary when the clock is not running. In yet another example, the tuner and method control the presentation of a previously-recorded sporting event according to information on the scoreboard. A recorded sporting event could be filtered to display only the portions that contain a scoreboard the satisfied specified criteria. One specific example of this would allow viewing only the last two minutes of each half, viewing only the plays that resulted in a penalty; or viewing only the plays that resulted in a score. The preferred embodiments thus provide a tuner that alters the recording or presentation of a television sporting event according to information displayed on a scoreboard.