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US 2007/0182867 A1Published application
Multiple video source management
AssigneeCisco Technology, Inc.
InventorsJames Price, Allen Huotari
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Abstract
Systems and techniques for managing multiple video sources are described. Video data for a first channel may be displayed and buffered, while video data for a second channel that is not being displayed or recorded is also being buffered. The second channel may be a previous display channel and/or a predicted future channel.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- receiving video information for a plurality of available channels;
- displaying data for a display channel of the plurality of available channels;
- automatically buffering data for the display channel concurrently with displaying data for the display channel;
- determining a probable future display channel of the plurality of available channels based on one or more characteristics of the display channel, wherein data for the probable future display channel is not being displayed or recorded during the displaying data for the display channel;
- and
- automatically buffering data for the probable future display channel during the displaying data for the display channel.
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A video system comprising:
- an input interface configured to receive video information for a plurality of available channels;
- a first video source and an associated first buffer, the first video source configured to receive the video information for the plurality of available channels from the input interface and to store video data for a first channel in the associated first buffer;
- a second video source and an associated second buffer, the second video source configured to receive the video information for the plurality of available channels from the input interface and to store video data for a second channel in the associated second buffer;
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- an output interface configured to receive video data for one of the first channel and the second channel to transmit to a display concurrently with the storing video for the other of the first channel and the second channel in the associated one of the first buffer and the second buffer, wherein the other of the first channel and the second channel is selected based on a channel display history.
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A video system comprising:
- means for receiving video information for a plurality of available channels;
- means for displaying data for a display channel of the plurality of available channels;
- means for automatically buffering data for the display channel concurrently with displaying data for the display channel;
- means for determining a probable future display channel of the plurality of available channels based on one or more characteristics of the display channel, wherein data for the probable future display channel is not being displayed or recorded during the displaying data for the display channel;
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- means for automatically buffering data for the probable future display channel during the displaying data for the display channel.
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An article comprising a machine-readable medium embodying information indicative of instructions that when performed by one or more machines result in operations comprising:
- receiving video information for a plurality of available channels including a display channel;
- and
- determining a probable future display channel of the plurality of available channels based on one or more characteristics of the display channel, wherein data for the probable future display channel is not being displayed or recorded during the displaying data for the display channel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.