Method and apparatus for providing a picture in picture service
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsJean-Luc Collet, Francois-Xavier Drouet
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Abstract
A method of forming a picture in picture (PIP) service over an internet protocol (IP) transmission to one or more users, the method comprising the steps of: receiving a request for a PIP channel comprising a first predetermined channel superimposed with a second predetermined channel; determining if the PIP channel already exists; forming the PIP channel if it does not already exist; and transmitting the PIP channel on a dedicated channel to any users who have requested that PIP channel.
Claims20
A method of forming a picture in picture (PIP) service over an internet protocol (IP) transmission to one or more users, the method comprising the steps of:
- receiving a request for a PIP channel comprising a first predetermined channel superimposed with a second predetermined channel;
- determining if the PIP channel already exists;
- forming the PIP channel if it does not already exist;
- and
- transmitting the PIP channel on a dedicated channel to any users who have requested that PIP channel.
A system of forming a picture in picture (PIP) service over an internet protocol (IP) transmission to one or more users, the system comprising:
- means for receiving a request for a PIP channel comprising a first predetermined channel superimposed with a second predetermined channel;
- means for determining if the PIP channel already exists;
- means for forming the PIP channel if it does not already exist;
- and
- means for transmitting the PIP channel on a dedicated channel to any users who have requested that PIP channel.
A computer program product stored on a computer readable medium for forming a picture in picture (PIP) service over an internet protocol (IP) transmission, the computer readable medium comprising program code for performing the steps of:
- receiving a request for a PIP channel comprising a first predetermined channel superimposed with a second predetermined channel;
- determining if the PIP channel already exists;
- forming the PIP channel if it does not already exist;
- and
- transmitting the PIP channel on a dedicated channel to any users who have requested that PIP channel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.