Systems methods and apparatuses for rendering user customizable multimedia signals on a display device

• US 20100225815A1
• Filed: 02/26/2010
• Published: 09/09/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 03/05/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Vishal Vincent Khatri
• Original Assignee: Vishal Vincent Khatri
• Inventors: Khatri, Vishal Vincent
• Application Number:
  US12/659,186
• Publication Number:
  US 20100225815A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 348/569
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4263 involving specific tuning arrangements, e.g. two tuners
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4312 involving specific graphical features, e.g. screen layout, special fonts or colors, blinking icons, highlights or animations
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4314 for fitting data in a restricted space on the screen, e.g. EPG data in a rectangular grid
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4316 for displaying supplemental content in a region of the screen, e.g. an advertisement in a separate window
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47 End-user applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4858 for modifying screen layout parameters, e.g. fonts, size of the windows
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4886 for displaying a ticker, e.g. scrolling banner for news, stock exchange, weather data

Abstract

A receiver comprising a tuner for receiving a first piece of content and a processor configured to receive the first piece of content from the tuner and a second piece of content. The processor is further configured to combine the first piece of content with a portion of the second piece of content to create a combined piece of content, and to output the combined piece of content to a display device. In exemplary embodiments, the first and second pieces of content are selected by a user.

Claims

1. A receiver comprising:

a tuner for receiving a first piece of content; and

a processor configured to receive the first piece of content from the tuner and a second piece of content, combine the first piece of content with a portion of the second piece of content to create a combined piece of content, and output the combined piece of content to a display device.

2. The receiver of claim 1, wherein the first and second piece of content are selected by a user.

3. The receiver of claim 1, wherein at least one of the first piece of content and the second piece of content is received from a television service provider.

4. The receiver of claim 1, wherein the first piece of content and the second piece of content are both received from a television service provider.

5. The receiver of claim 4, wherein the combined piece of content includes less than the entirety of the second piece of content.

6. The receiver of claim 1, wherein at least one of the first piece of content and the second piece of content is received from the internet.

7. The receiver of claim 1, further comprising a storage device for storing user selected parameters for combining the first piece of content with the portion of the second piece of content to create the combined piece of content.

8. The receiver of claim 1, further comprising a storage device for storing at least one of the first piece of content and the second piece of content.

9. The receiver of claim 8, wherein the first piece of content is stored in the storage device to time shift the content and combined with the second piece of content which is not time shifted.

10. The receiver of claim 1, wherein a plurality of combined pieces of content can be defined and one of the plurality of combined pieces of content is displayed based on a determination of a particular event.

11. The receiver of claim 1, wherein the first piece of content and the second piece of content are combined such that the first piece of content is substantially unaltered and at least a portion of the second piece of content is displayed over the first piece of content.

12. The receiver of claim 11, wherein the at least a portion of the second piece of content is configured to be displayed as a banner over the first piece of content.

13. The receiver of claim 1, wherein the receiver is configured to allow the user to select audio associated with any of the first piece of content and the second piece of content.

14. The receiver of claim 1, wherein the receiver is configured to allow the user to change a selected first piece of content and the second piece of content without having to reconfigure the receiver.

15. The receiver of claim 1, wherein the receiver is configured to allow the user to select one of the first piece of content and the second piece of content and maximize it to occupy the display.

16. A method for creating a customized piece of content, the method comprising:

receiving a first piece of content and a second piece of content,

combining the first piece of content with a portion of the second piece of content to create a combined piece of content; and

outputting the combined piece of content to a display device.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein the first and second piece of content are selected by a user.

18. The method of claim 16, wherein at least one of the first piece of content and the second piece of content is received from a television service provider.

19. The method of claim 16, wherein the first piece of content and the second piece of content are both received from a television service provider.

20. The method of claim 19, wherein the combined piece of content includes less than the entirety of the second piece of content.

21. The method of claim 16, wherein at least one of the first piece of content and the second piece of content is received from the internet.

22. The method of claim 16, further comprising storing user selected parameters for combining the first piece of content with the portion of the second piece of content to create the combined piece of content.

23. The method of claim 16, further comprising storing at least one of the first piece of content and the second piece of content.

24. The method of claim 23, wherein the first piece of content is stored to time shift the content and combined with the second piece of content which is not time shifted.

25. The method of claim 16, wherein a plurality of combined pieces of content can be defined and one of the plurality of combined pieces of content is displayed based on a determination of a particular event.

26. The method of claim 16, wherein the first piece of content and the second piece of content are combined such that the first piece of content is substantially unaltered and at least a portion of the second piece of content is displayed over the first piece of content.

27. The method of claim 26, wherein the at least a portion of the second piece of content is configured to be displayed as a banner over the first piece of content.

28. The method of claim 16, further comprising allowing the user to select audio associated with any of the first piece of content and the second piece of content.

29. The method of claim 16, further comprising allowing the user to change a selected first piece of content and the second piece of content without having to reconfigure the receiver.

30. The method of claim 16, further comprising allowing the user to select one of the first piece of content and the second piece of content and maximize it to occupy the display.

31. A system comprising:

a computer readable storage medium for storing therein a plurality of pieces of content; and

a processor associated with the computer readable medium for receiving a request for one of the plurality of pieces of content and for transmitting the selected content to a receiver associated with a display system;

wherein each of the plurality of pieces of content are configured to be combined as a banner with a piece of content from a television service provider for display on a display device.