Multiview TV custom display creation by aggregation of provider content elements

• US 9,894,404 B2
• Filed: 03/15/2016
• Issued: 02/13/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 03/15/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Richman, Steven Martin, Clement, Jason
• Primary Examiner(s): CHEN, CAI Y
• Application Number:
  US15/070,206
• Publication Number:
  US 20170272808A1
• Time in Patent Office: 700 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4131 home appliance, e.g. lighting, air conditioning system, metering devices home automation data switching networks exchanging configuration information on appliance services H04L12/2807
• 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 21/4316 for displaying supplemental content in a region of the screen, e.g. an advertisement in a separate window
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/43615 Interfacing a Home Network, e.g. for connecting the client to a plurality of peripherals home Audio Video Interoperability [HAVI] data switching networks H04L12/2805
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/44008 involving operations for analysing video streams, e.g. detecting features or characteristics in the video stream arrangements characterised by components specially adapted for monitoring, identification or recognition of video in broadcast systems H04H60/59
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/44218 Detecting physical presence or behaviour of the user, e.g. using sensors to detect if the user is leaving the room or changes his face expression during a TV program methods or arrangements for recognising human body or animal bodies or body parts G06V40/10; methods or arrangements for acquiring or recognising human faces, facial parts, facial sketches, facial expressions G06V40/16; methods or arrangements for recognising movements or behaviour G06V40/20; arrangements for identifying users in broadcast systems H04H60/45
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4532 involving end-user characteristics, e.g. viewer profile, preferences monitoring of user activities for profile generation for accessing a video database G06F16/739; user profiles in network data switching protocols H04L67/306; processing of user preferences or user profiles in wireless networks H04W8/18
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4667 Processing of monitored end-user data, e.g. trend analysis based on the log file of viewer selections
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/482 End-user interface for program selection broadcast systems using EPGs H04H60/72
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/812 involving advertisement data advertising per se G06Q30/02

Abstract

A multi-window user interface (UI) is presented in various configurations and operational uses to leverage the relatively large display canvas afforded by large screen display devices such as 4K or 8K displays. Along with the various “Multiview” aspects, content delivery techniques, content selection techniques, and level of service techniques also are presented.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

populating plural tiles in a user interface (UI) with respective images representing respective favorite content to establish a multiview, at least a first favorite content being accessed on the Internet, at least a second favorite content being accessed from a cable or satellite video broadcast, at least a third favorite content being accessed from a storage over high definition multimedia interface (HDMI);

determining at least a fourth favorite content based at least in part on user operation of a display apparatus on which the UI is presented; and

determining at least a fifth favorite content based at least in part on preferences input to the display apparatus;

the multiview allowing a user to control “

real estate”

on the display apparatus;

the tiles being arranged according to one or more templates, each tile being an object that can be independently controlled and programmed;

the Multiview comprising plural individual IP video feeds or just one monolithic IP feed with each decimated video aggregated into at least a first template, the first template including information as to how tiles making up the first template have been arranged.

2. The method of claim 1, comprising:

determining the fourth favorite content based at least in part on using automatic content recognition (ACR) to match at least one image in content presented on the display apparatus to at least one image of content in a database.

3. The method of claim 1, comprising:

receiving the second favorite content from selection of a “

favorite”

drop-down selector presented on the display apparatus.

4. The method of claim 1, comprising:

receiving the second favorite content from selection of an item on a list of video assets presented on the display apparatus.

5. The method of claim 1, comprising:

populating the tiles with respective video from the respective content.

6. The method of claim 5, comprising:

sending a message to a content source to decimate video prior to sending the video to the display apparatus for presentation of video in a respective tile.

7. An apparatus comprising:

at least one high definition or ultra-high definition video display;

at least one processor; and

at least one computer memory including instructions accessible to the processor to;

populate plural tiles in a user interface (UI) with respective images representing respective favorite content to establish a multiview, at least a first favorite content being accessed on the Internet, at least a second favorite content being accessed from a cable or satellite video broadcast, at least a third favorite content being accessed from a storage over high definition multimedia interface (HDMI);

determine at least a fourth favorite content based at least in part on user operation of a display apparatus on which the UI is presented; and

the multiview allowing a user to control “

real estate”

on the display apparatus;

the tiles being arranged according to one or more templates, each tile being an object that can be independently controlled and programmed;

the Multiview comprising plural individual IP video feeds or just one monolithic IP feed with each decimated video aggregated into at least a first template, the first template including information as to how tiles making up the first template have been arranged.

8. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein the instructions are executable to:

determine the fourth favorite content based at least in part on using automatic content recognition (ACR) to match at least one image in content presented on the display apparatus to at least one image of content in a database.

9. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein the instructions are executable to:

receive the second favorite content from selection of a “

favorite”

drop-down selector presented on the display apparatus.

10. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein the instructions are executable to:

receive the second favorite content from selection of an item on a list of video assets presented on the display apparatus.

11. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein the instructions are executable to:

populate the tiles with respective video from the respective content.

12. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the instructions are executable to:

send a message to a content source to decimate video prior to sending the video to the display apparatus for presentation of video in a respective tile.

13. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein the instructions are executable to:

determine at least a fifth favorite content based at least in part on preferences input to the display apparatus.

14. An apparatus, comprising:

at least one computer storage that is not a transitory signal and that comprises instructions executable by at least one processor to;

populate plural tiles in a user interface (UI) with respective images representing respective favorite content to establish a multiview, at least a first favorite content being accessed on the Internet, at least a second favorite content being accessed from a cable or satellite video broadcast, at least a third favorite content being accessed from a storage over high definition multimedia interface (HDMI);

determine at least a fourth favorite content based at least in part on preferences input to the display apparatus; and

the multiview allowing a user to control “

real estate”

on the display apparatus;

the tiles being arranged according to one or more templates, each tile being an object that can be independently controlled and programmed;

the Multiview comprising plural individual IP video feeds or just one monolithic IP feed with each decimated video aggregated into at least a first template, the first template including information as to how tiles making up the first template have been arranged.

15. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the instructions are executable to:

determine at least a fifth favorite content based at least in part on user operation of a display apparatus on which the UI is presented.

16. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the instructions are executable to:

receive the second favorite content from selection of a “

favorite”

drop-down selector presented on the display apparatus.

17. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the instructions are executable to:

receive the second favorite content from selection of an item on a list of video assets presented on the display apparatus.

18. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the instructions are executable to:

populate the tiles with respective video from the respective content.

19. The apparatus of claim 18, wherein the instructions are executable to:

send a message to a content source to decimate video prior to sending the video to the display apparatus for presentation of video in a respective tile.