IP Library Granted Patent US 9,894,404
Granted Patent B2
US 9,894,404 · App. 15/070,206 · Granted Feb 13, 2018

Multiview TV custom display creation by aggregation of provider content elements

Inventors: Steven Martin Richman (San Diego, CA); Jason Clement (San Diego, CA)
Assignee: Sony Corporation
H04N21/4316H04N21/44008H04N21/44218H04N21/4532H04N21/4667
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Patent No.
US 9,894,404
App. No.
15/070,206
Granted
Feb 13, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

A multi-window user interface (UI) is presented in various configurations and operational uses to leverage the relatively large display canvas afforded by large screen display devices such as 4K or 8K displays. Along with the various “Multiview” aspects, content delivery techniques, content selection techniques, and level of service techniques also are presented.

Claims (54)

1. A method comprising:

populating plural tiles in a user interface (UI) with respective images representing respective favorite content to establish a multiview, at least a first favorite content being accessed on the Internet, at least a second favorite content being accessed from a cable or satellite video broadcast, at least a third favorite content being accessed from a storage over high definition multimedia interface (HDMI);

determining at least a fourth favorite content based at least in part on user operation of a display apparatus on which the UI is presented; and

determining at least a fifth favorite content based at least in part on preferences input to the display apparatus;

the multiview allowing a user to control “real estate” on the display apparatus;

the tiles being arranged according to one or more templates, each tile being an object that can be independently controlled and programmed;

the Multiview comprising plural individual IP video feeds or just one monolithic IP feed with each decimated video aggregated into at least a first template, the first template including information as to how tiles making up the first template have been arranged.

2. The method of claim 1 , comprising:

determining the fourth favorite content based at least in part on using automatic content recognition (ACR) to match at least one image in content presented on the display apparatus to at least one image of content in a database.

3. The method of claim 1 , comprising:

receiving the second favorite content from selection of a “favorite” drop-down selector presented on the display apparatus.

4. The method of claim 1 , comprising:

receiving the second favorite content from selection of an item on a list of video assets presented on the display apparatus.

5. The method of claim 1 , comprising:

populating the tiles with respective video from the respective content.

6. The method of claim 5 , comprising:

sending a message to a content source to decimate video prior to sending the video to the display apparatus for presentation of video in a respective tile.

7. An apparatus comprising:

at least one high definition or ultra-high definition video display;

at least one processor; and

at least one computer memory including instructions accessible to the processor to:

populate plural tiles in a user interface (UI) with respective images representing respective favorite content to establish a multiview, at least a first favorite content being accessed on the Internet, at least a second favorite content being accessed from a cable or satellite video broadcast, at least a third favorite content being accessed from a storage over high definition multimedia interface (HDMI);

determine at least a fourth favorite content based at least in part on user operation of a display apparatus on which the UI is presented; and

the multiview allowing a user to control “real estate” on the display apparatus;

the tiles being arranged according to one or more templates, each tile being an object that can be independently controlled and programmed;

the Multiview comprising plural individual IP video feeds or just one monolithic IP feed with each decimated video aggregated into at least a first template, the first template including information as to how tiles making up the first template have been arranged.

8. The apparatus of claim 7 , wherein the instructions are executable to:

determine the fourth favorite content based at least in part on using automatic content recognition (ACR) to match at least one image in content presented on the display apparatus to at least one image of content in a database.

9. The apparatus of claim 7 , wherein the instructions are executable to:

receive the second favorite content from selection of a “favorite” drop-down selector presented on the display apparatus.

10. The apparatus of claim 7 , wherein the instructions are executable to:

receive the second favorite content from selection of an item on a list of video assets presented on the display apparatus.

11. The apparatus of claim 7 , wherein the instructions are executable to:

populate the tiles with respective video from the respective content.

12. The apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the instructions are executable to:

send a message to a content source to decimate video prior to sending the video to the display apparatus for presentation of video in a respective tile.

13. The apparatus of claim 7 , wherein the instructions are executable to:

determine at least a fifth favorite content based at least in part on preferences input to the display apparatus.

14. An apparatus, comprising:

at least one computer storage that is not a transitory signal and that comprises instructions executable by at least one processor to:

populate plural tiles in a user interface (UI) with respective images representing respective favorite content to establish a multiview, at least a first favorite content being accessed on the Internet, at least a second favorite content being accessed from a cable or satellite video broadcast, at least a third favorite content being accessed from a storage over high definition multimedia interface (HDMI);

determine at least a fourth favorite content based at least in part on preferences input to the display apparatus; and

the multiview allowing a user to control “real estate” on the display apparatus;

the tiles being arranged according to one or more templates, each tile being an object that can be independently controlled and programmed;

the Multiview comprising plural individual IP video feeds or just one monolithic IP feed with each decimated video aggregated into at least a first template, the first template including information as to how tiles making up the first template have been arranged.

15. The apparatus of claim 14 , wherein the instructions are executable to:

determine at least a fifth favorite content based at least in part on user operation of a display apparatus on which the UI is presented.

16. The apparatus of claim 14 , wherein the instructions are executable to:

receive the second favorite content from selection of a “favorite” drop-down selector presented on the display apparatus.

17. The apparatus of claim 14 , wherein the instructions are executable to:

receive the second favorite content from selection of an item on a list of video assets presented on the display apparatus.

18. The apparatus of claim 14 , wherein the instructions are executable to: populate the tiles with respective video from the respective content.

19. The apparatus of claim 18 , wherein the instructions are executable to:

send a message to a content source to decimate video prior to sending the video to the display apparatus for presentation of video in a respective tile.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 25, 2016
From: RICHMAN, STEVEN MARTIN; CLEMENT, JASON
To: SONY CORPORATION
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Continuity (1)
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