SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AGGREGATING DEVICES FOR INTUITIVE BROWSING
First Claim
1. A media device comprising:
- a communication interface communicatively coupling the media device to one or more other media devices; and
a controller associated with the communication interface adapted to;
access one or more templates each comprising a layout of a graphical user interface (GUI);
identify one or more other media devices from which media content may be streamed and one or more media content streams available from each of the one or more media devices;
determine, based upon the one or more templates and the one or more media content streams, at least one of the media content streams to display;
acquire the at least one of the media content streams for display in accordance with the one or more layouts; and
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 layouts.
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Abstract
A media device includes a communication interface communicatively coupling the media device to one or more other media devices and a display, and a controller associated with the communication interface. The controller is adapted to access one or more templates comprising a layout of a graphical user interface (GUI). The controller further identifies one or more other media devices from which media content may be streamed and one or more media content streams available from each of the one or more media devices and determine, based upon the template and the one or more media content streams, at least one of the media content streams to display. The controller then acquires and outputs the at least one of the media content streams for display in accordance with the layout.
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33 Claims
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1. A media device comprising:
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a communication interface communicatively coupling the media device to one or more other media devices; and a controller associated with the communication interface adapted to; access one or more templates each comprising a layout of a graphical user interface (GUI); identify one or more other media devices from which media content may be streamed and one or more media content streams available from each of the one or more media devices; determine, based upon the one or more templates and the one or more media content streams, at least one of the media content streams to display; acquire the at least one of the media content streams for display in accordance with the one or more layouts; and 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 layouts. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. A computer-readable medium embodied in an article of manufacture encoded with instructions for directing a processor of a media device to:
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access one or more templates each comprising a layout of a graphical user interface (GUI); identify one or more other media devices from which media content may be streamed and one or more media content streams available from each of the one or more media devices; determine, based upon the one or more templates and the one or more media content streams, at least one of the media content streams to display; acquire the at least one of the media content streams for display in accordance with the one or more layouts; and 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 layouts. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27, 28)
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29. A method comprising:
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accessing one or more templates each comprising a layout of a graphical user interface (GUI); identifying one or more other media devices from which media content may be streamed and one or more media content streams available from each of the one or more media devices; determining, based upon the one or more templates and the one or more media content streams, at least one of the media content streams to display; acquiring the at least one of the media content streams for display in accordance with the one or more layouts; and 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 layouts. - View Dependent Claims (30, 31)
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32. A computer-readable medium embodied in an article of manufacture encoded with instructions for directing a processor of a media device to:
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receive a media item attribute; identify one or more media items based upon the media item attribute and an aggregated content guide; instruct one or more media devices to tune to the one or more media items and provide one or more media content streams corresponding to the one or more media items; receive the one or more media content streams; and output each of the one or more media content streams for display in an associated thumbnail. - View Dependent Claims (33)
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