METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING A PRESENTATION OF MEDIA CONTENT
First Claim
1. A media processor, comprising a controller to:
- assign a first viewing apparatus to a first of one or more periodic time slots;
assign a second viewing apparatus to a second of one or more periodic time slots;
cause a presentation device to present a first image during the first of the one or more periodic time slots;
cause the presentation device to present a second image during the second of the one or more periodic time slots; and
cause the presentation device to present a user interface to the first viewing apparatus responsive to detecting a request for the user interface;
wherein the first image and the user interface are not viewable from the second viewing apparatus, and wherein the second image is not viewable from the first viewing apparatus.
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Abstract
A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a computer-readable storage medium having computer instructions to present a plurality of unassociated media programs from a single presentation device having overlapping presentation periods, and cause the single presentation device to present a user interface for one of the plurality of unassociated media programs responsive to detecting a request for the user interface. Each of the plurality of unassociated media programs can be viewable only with a viewing apparatus. The viewing apparatus can be configured for viewing one of the unassociated media programs at a time. Other embodiments are disclosed and contemplated.
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20 Claims
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1. A media processor, comprising a controller to:
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assign a first viewing apparatus to a first of one or more periodic time slots; assign a second viewing apparatus to a second of one or more periodic time slots; cause a presentation device to present a first image during the first of the one or more periodic time slots; cause the presentation device to present a second image during the second of the one or more periodic time slots; and cause the presentation device to present a user interface to the first viewing apparatus responsive to detecting a request for the user interface; wherein the first image and the user interface are not viewable from the second viewing apparatus, and wherein the second image is not viewable from the first viewing apparatus. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A computer-readable storage medium, comprising computer instructions to:
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present a plurality of unassociated media programs from a single presentation device having overlapping presentation periods, wherein each of the plurality of unassociated media programs is viewable only with a viewing apparatus, and wherein the viewing apparatus is configured for viewing one of the unassociated media programs at a time; and cause the single presentation device to present a user interface for one of the plurality of unassociated media programs responsive to detecting a request for the user interface. - View Dependent Claims (17)
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18. A method, comprising presenting a user interface during a presentation of a media program presented by a single presentation device, wherein the media program corresponds to one of a plurality of unassociated media programs presented from the single presentation device, wherein the plurality of unassociated media programs have overlapping presentation periods, wherein each of the plurality of unassociated media programs is viewable only with a viewing apparatus, and wherein the viewing apparatus is configured for viewing one of the unassociated media programs at a time.
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19. The method of 18, wherein the request for the user interface is detected from one of:
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information supplied by the viewing apparatus; one or more captured images of a user of the viewing apparatus;
ora remote controller assigned to the viewing apparatus.
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20. The method of 18, wherein at least one of the plurality of unassociated media programs is presented with a three-dimensional perspective.
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