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detecting that a user has pressed a button on the remote control corresponding to the available interactive option; and |
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presenting with the icon the description of the interactive option in the first language; |
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displaying the icon on a display device associated with the interactive television system; |
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retrieving an icon corresponding to the available interactive option; |
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determining that an interactive option has become available within the interactive television system; |
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storing an icon for each of a plurality of interactive options periodically available within an interactive television system, each interactive option corresponding to a button on the remote control device, each icon sharing at least one common visual characteristic with a button on the remote control device, wherein the at least one shared visual characteristic is selected from the group consisting of color, shape, text markings, graphical markings, relative position, and relative size; |
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Claim 46.A method for assisting a speaker of a first language in operating a remote control device designed for a speaker of a second language, the system comprising: |
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Claim 8.The method of claim 6, wherein the description is displayed on the icon. |
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Claim 15.The method of claim 1, further comprising: |
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switching between a view of the displayed icon and a view of the map in response to a user command. |
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Claim 14.The method of claim 13, further comprising: |
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displaying a map of the remote control device including the displayed icon, wherein the map comprises a plurality of icons representing buttons, each icon having a same relative location as a corresponding button on the remote control. |
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Claim 13.The method of claim 1, further comprising: |
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Claim 12.The method of claim 1, wherein at least one icon shares a plurality of visual characteristics in common with a corresponding button on the remote control. |
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Claim 11.The method of claim 1, wherein at least one shared visual characteristic is selected from the group consisting of color, shape, text markings, graphical markings, relative size, and relative position. |
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audibly instructing a user, in the first language, to activate the button associated with the icon. |
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Claim 10.The method of claim 1, further comprising: |
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outputting the description using a voice synthesis technique on a speaker associated with the interactive television system. |
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Claim 9.The method of claim 1, wherein presenting comprises: |
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producing an audible confirmation in response to a user activating the corresponding button. |
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