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US 2014/0208356 A1Published application
Favorites mosaic
AssigneeAT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
InventorsMary McCarthy, Roland Noll, Scott Alan Pettit
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AssigneeAT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
InventorsMary McCarthy, Roland Noll, Scott Alan Pettit
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A set-top box generates a multimedia signal that includes streaming video for a plurality of currently available multimedia channels. A user configures a plurality of favorite channels. Streaming video from the favorite channels is provided in a plurality of viewports on a display. A user presses a favorites button on a remote control to prompt an application server to signal a content server to provide a compound video signal including streaming video from each favorite channel. The set-top box produces a resultant video signal including the streaming video from each favorite channel in a corresponding viewport. The viewports correspond to a mosaic template that may be hosted by the application server and accessed by the content server.
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A set-top box, comprising:
A computer readable memory including computer executable program instructions that, when executed by a computer, cause the computer to perform operations comprising:
The computer readable memory of 28, wherein generating the favorites mosaic video stream includes accessing a mosaic template, wherein the mosaic template defines a plurality of holes corresponding to a plurality of mosaic windows.
The computer readable memory of 29, wherein the mosaic template is hosted by an application server.
The computer readable memory of 28, wherein the operations include:
The computer readable memory of 29, wherein at least one of the plurality of holes corresponds to a URL, wherein the URL indicates a source for a multimedia content feed.
The computer readable memory of 28, wherein the first favorite channel mosaic window and the second favorite channel mosaic window are presented in an order determined based on a factor selected from:
The computer readable memory of 28, wherein the on screen menu includes:
A method of multimedia content, the method comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.