SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SIMULTANEOUSLY DISPLAYING VIDEO CONTENT FROM MULTIPLE PROGRAMMING SOURCES

• US 20180192115A1
• Filed: 02/28/2017
• Published: 07/05/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 12/30/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Dish Technologies LLC (Dish Network Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Echostar Technologies LLC (Echostar Corporation)
• Granted Patent: US 10,764,629 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/431 Generation of visual interfaces for content selection or interaction; Content or additional data rendering
• 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 21/4622 Retrieving content or additional data from different sources, e.g. from a broadcast channel and the Internet web site content organization and management for information retrieval from the Internet G06F16/958; transmission by internet of broadcast information H04H60/82; stock exchange data over packet-switching network H04L12/1804; push services including data channel over packet-switching network H04L12/1859
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4886 for displaying a ticker, e.g. scrolling banner for news, stock exchange, weather data

Abstract

A method for viewing video content includes displaying, within a first display region, first video content from a first content source, and receiving a request to display second video content, wherein the second video content comprises only a portion of video content from a second content source (such as a news ticker or “scroll”). The second video content is then simultaneously displayed within a second display region adjacent to the first display region.

Claims

1. A method for viewing video content, comprising:

displaying, within a first display region, first video content from a first content source;

receiving a request to display second video content, wherein the second video content comprises only a portion of video content from a second content source, the portion being a two-dimensional subset the video content from the second content source; and

simultaneously displaying, with a processor, the second video content within a second display region adjacent to the first display region.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the second video content is selected from the group consisting of a news ticker, a stock ticker, and a sports score ticker.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the second video content comprises less than 10% of the video content received from the second content source.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the second display region is displayed below the first display region.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the first video content is scaled to fit within the first display region.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the second display region occludes a portion of the first video content.

7-8. -8. (canceled)

9. A video media component comprising:

a display device;

a controller communicatively coupled to the display device, the controller configured to display, within a first display region, first video content from a first content source;

receive a request to display second video content, wherein the second video content comprises only a portion of video content from a second content source, the portion being a two-dimensional subset the video content from the second content source; and

simultaneously display the second video content within a second display region adjacent to the first display region.

10. The video media component of claim 9, wherein the second video content is selected from the group consisting of a news ticker, a stock ticker, and a sports score ticker.

11. The video media component of claim 9, wherein the second video content comprises less than 10% of the video content received from the second content source.

12. The video media component of claim 9, wherein the second display region is displayed below the first display region.

13. The video media component of claim 9, wherein the first video content is scaled to fit within the first display region.

14. The video media component of claim 9, wherein the second display region occludes a portion of the first video content.

15. Non-transitory computer-readable media bearing software instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to:

display, within a first display region, first video content from a first content source;

receive a request to display second video content, wherein the second video content comprises only a portion of video content from a second content source, the portion being a two-dimensional subset the video content from the second content source; and

simultaneously display the second video content within a second display region adjacent to the first display region.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 15, wherein the second video content is selected from the group consisting of a news ticker, a stock ticker, and a sports score ticker.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 15, wherein the second video content comprises less than 10% of the video content received from the second content source.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 15, wherein the second display region is displayed below the first display region.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 15, wherein the first video content is scaled to fit within the first display region.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 15, wherein the second display region occludes a portion of the first video content.