System and method of displaying content in display windows

• US 20060282785A1
• Filed: 06/09/2005
• Published: 12/14/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 06/09/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Sbc Knowledge Ventures, L.P.
• Original Assignee: Sbc Knowledge Ventures, L.P.
• Inventors: Lee, Christopher Alan, Cox, Norman Ross III, McCarthy, Mary Catherine, Noll, Roland, Pettit, Scott Alan
• Application Number:
  US11/148,967
• Publication Number:
  US 20060282785A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/760
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 1/00 General purpose image data processing

Abstract

A display device comprising a first window displaying a first content item and a second window displaying a second content item is disclosed. The first content item is displayed through use of a first communication path having a first bandwidth. The second content item is displayed through use of a second communication path having a second bandwidth that is less than the first bandwidth.

Claims

1. A display device comprising:

a first window displaying a first content item, wherein the first content item is displayed through use of a first communication path having a first bandwidth; and

a second window displaying a second content item, wherein the second content item is displayed through use of a second communication path having a second bandwidth that is less than the first bandwidth.

2. The display device of claim 1, wherein the first content item and the second content item are related to a common broadcast program.

3. The display device of claim 2, wherein the first content item provides a first view of an event and the second content item provides a second view of the event.

4. The display device of claim 3, wherein the event is a sports event and wherein the first view and the second view provide different vantage points with respect to viewing the sports event.

5. The display device of claim 1, further comprising a third window displaying a third content item, wherein the third content item is displayed through use of a third communication path having a third bandwidth.

6. The display device of claim 1, wherein the first bandwidth is 2 megabits per second and the second bandwidth is less than 300 kilobits per second.

7. The display device of claim 5, wherein the first window, the second window, and the third window provide different views of a common event.

8. The display device of claim 7, wherein the different views are provided by different camera locations of the common event.

9. The display device of claim 8, further comprising a fourth window that displays a different program that is unrelated to the common event.

10. The display device of claim 1 wherein the first content stream is a first data stream and the second content stream is a second data stream.

15. The method of claim 1 further comprising displaying a third content stream in a third window, wherein the third content stream is displayed via a third communication path having a third bandwidth.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein the first window, the second window, and the third window provide different views of a common event.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein the different views are provided by different camera locations of the common event.

18. The method of claim 17, further comprising displaying a program unrelated to the common event in a fourth window.

11. A method of displaying content on a display device, the method comprising:

displaying a first content stream at a first window, the first content stream displayed via a first communication path having a first bandwidth; and

displaying a second content stream at a second window, the second content stream displayed via a second communication path having a second bandwidth that is less than the first bandwidth.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the first content stream and the second content stream are related to a common broadcast program.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the first content stream provides a first view of an event and the second content stream provides a second view of the event.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the event is a sports event and wherein the first view and the second view provide different vantage points with respect to viewing the sports event.

19. The method of claim 11, wherein a plurality of related channels are presented on a single screen.

20. The method of claim 19, wherein the plurality of related channels provide news content.

21. The method of claim 19, wherein the plurality of related channels provide sports content.

22. The method of claim 11, wherein a plurality of windows are displayed, including the first and second window, and wherein the plurality of windows display content based on a particular user preference.

23. The method of claim 11, wherein after one of the first and second windows is selected, the selected window is displayed in a full screen, such that the first window and the second window provide a video guide function for user selection of a program.

24. The method of claim 11, wherein an audio for one of the related channels is played and wherein audio for another of the related channels may be selected and played upon user selection.

25. A system comprising:

a first interface to receive signals from a remote control device;

a second interface to a display device, the display device to display a first window displaying a first content item, wherein the first content item is displayed through use of a first communication path having a first bandwidth; and

a second window displaying a second content item, wherein the second content item is displayed through use of a second communication path having a second bandwidth that is less than the first bandwidth; and

a controller responsive to the first interface and providing control signals to the second interface to modify the content displayed on the display device in response to user commands from the remote control device.