System and method for aggregating devices for intuitive browsing

A non-transitory computer-readable medium embodied in an article of manufacture encoded with instructions for directing at least one processor of a media device to:

• access one or more templates each comprising a layout of a graphical user interface (GUI) and at least one alert condition in response to a determination of a passive browsing mode;
• determine one or more other available media devices and a respective utilization of each of the one or more other available media devices
• identify the one or more other available media devices from which media content may be streamed and one or more media content streams being streamed from each of the one or more other available media devices;
• monitor for an occurrence of the at least one alert condition at a predetermined time interval;
• determine, based upon the occurrence of the at least one alert condition and the one or more media content streams being streamed, at least one of the media content streams being streamed to display;
• acquire the at least one of the media content streams for display in accordance with the one or more templates;
• output the at least one of the media content streams to a display for presentation in the GUI in accordance with the one or more templates;
• output an indication of the at least one alert condition for display in the GUI;
• output an indication to the display for presentation in the GUI of a degree to which the at least one of the media content streams being streamed matches one or more preferences in the one or more templates;
• and
• output at least one other indication to the display for presentation in the GUI of:
• a relevance to a particular segment of a show when the at least one of the media content streams is relevant to the particular segment of a show, a score alert in response to a score in a game matching the one or more preferences, and an end of game notice in response to a game nearing an end of a game matching the one or more preferences, the alert condition defining under what circumstances the at least one of the media content streams is displayed.

A method comprising:

• accessing one or more templates each comprising a layout of a graphical user interface (GUI) and at least one alert condition in response to a determination of a passive browsing mode;
• determine one or more other available media devices and a respective utilization of each of the one or more other available media devices;
• identifying the one or more other available media devices from which media content may be streamed and one or more media content streams being streamed from each of the one or more other available media devices;
• monitoring for an occurrence of the at least one alert condition at a predetermined time interval;
• determining, based upon the occurrence of the at least one alert condition and the one or more media content streams being streamed, at least one of the media content streams being streamed to display;
• acquiring the at least one of the media content streams for display in accordance with the one or more templates;
• outputting the at least one of the media content streams to a display for presentation in the GUI in accordance with the one or more templates;
• outputting an indication of the at least one alert condition for display in the GUI;
• outputting an indication to the display for presentation in the GUI of a degree to which the at least one of the media content streams being streamed matches one or more preferences in the one or more templates;
• and
• outputting at least one other indication to the display for presentation in the GUI of:
• a relevance to a particular segment of a show when the at least one of the media content streams is relevant to the particular segment of a show, a score alert in response to a score in a game matching the one or more preferences, and an end of game notice in response to a game nearing an end of a game matching the one or more preferences, the alert condition defining under what circumstances the at least one of the media content streams is displayed.