# US 2014/0195912 A1 · Method and system for simultaneous display of video content > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2014/0195912 A1 - Document ID: US20140195912A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 14/055,648 - Filed: 2013-10-16 - Published: 2014-07-10 - Earliest claimed: 2013-01-04 - Assignees: NVIDIA Corporation - Applicants: NVIDIA Corporation - Inventors: Aleksandar ODOROVIC; Alok AHUJA; Andrija BOSNJAKOVIC - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140195912A1 ## CPC - H04L 65/60: Network streaming of media packets - A63F 13/355: Performing operations on behalf of clients with restricted processing capabilities, e.g. servers transform changing game scene into an encoded video stream for transmitting to a mobile phone or a thin client - G06F 3/0484: for the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or manipulating an object, an image or a displayed text element, setting a parameter value or selecting a range - H04L 65/762: {at the source (reformatting of additional data in video distribution servers H04N21/2355)} - H04N 21/25816: {involving client authentication (restricting access to computer systems by authenticating users using a predetermined code G06F21/33; cryptographic authentication protocols H04L9/32; networks authentication protocols H04L63/08; authentication in wireless network security H04W12/06)} - H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) - A63F: CARD, BOARD, OR ROULETTE GAMES; INDOOR GAMES USING SMALL MOVING PLAYING BODIES; VIDEO GAMES; GAMES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) - H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION ## Abstract An apparatus including: a receiving module operable to receive video content through a communication network simultaneously from a set of devices; a decoding module operable to decode the received video content from the set of devices into decoded video content; an arranging module operable to combine and arrange the decoded video content into a single video; and a displaying module operable to provide the single video for display on a display device. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An apparatus comprising: a receiving module operable to receive video content through a communication network simultaneously from a plurality of devices; a decoding module operable to decode the received video content from the plurality of devices into decoded video content; an arranging module operable to combine and arrange the decoded video content into a single video; and a displaying module operable to provide the single video for display on a display device. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the arranging module is further operable to combine and arrange the video content received from the plurality of devices within a plurality of equally-sized areas within the single video. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The apparatus of claim 2, wherein each of the equally-sized areas within the single video is associated with the received video content from a respective device of the plurality of devices. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the displaying module is further operable to simultaneously display a subset of the video content within the display, wherein a position, within the display, of the subset of the video content is switchable. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the video content comprises content associated with multiple views of a software application. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The apparatus of claim 5, wherein the content associated with the software application comprises at least one of a scoreboard, a map, or a spectator view of the software application. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising an application module operable to provide an application programming interface (API); and wherein the video content is based at least in part on programmable parameters of the API. ### Claim 8 A method comprising: receiving video content through a communication network simultaneously from a plurality of devices; decoding the received video content from the plurality of devices into decoded video content; combining and arranging the decoded video content into a single video; and providing the single video for display on a display device. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The method of claim 8, wherein the combining and arranging further comprises combining and arranging the video content received from the plurality of devices within a plurality of equally-sized areas within the single video. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The method of claim 9, wherein each of the equally-sized areas within the single video is associated with the received video content from a respective device of the plurality of devices. ### Claim 11 (depends on 8) The method of claim 8, wherein the displaying further comprises simultaneously displaying a subset of the video content within the display, wherein a position, within the display, of the subset of the video content is switchable. ### Claim 12 (depends on 8) The method of claim 8, wherein the video content comprises content associated with multiple views of a software application. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The method of claim 12, wherein the content associated with the software application comprises at least one of a scoreboard, a map or a spectator view of the software application. ### Claim 14 (depends on 8) The method of claim 8, further comprising basing video content at least in part on programmable parameters of an application programming interface. ### Claim 15 A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising a plurality of instructions configured to execute on at least one computer processor to enable the computer processor to: receive video content through a network simultaneously from a plurality of devices; decode the received video content from the plurality of devices into decoded video content; combine and arranging the decoded video content into a single video; and provide the single video for display on a display device. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein combining and arranging further comprises combining and arranging the video content received from the plurality of devices within a plurality of equally-sized areas within the single video. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 16, wherein each of the equally-sized areas within the single video is associated with the received video content from respective devices of the plurality of devices. ### Claim 18 (depends on 15) The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein the video content comprises content associated multiple views of with a software application. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 18, wherein the content associated with the software application comprises at least one of a scoreboard, a map, or a spectator view of the software application. ### Claim 20 (depends on 15) The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein the plurality of instructions further comprise functionality to base video content at least in part on programmable parameters of an application programming interface.