MOSAIC CHANNEL VIDEO STREAM WITH INTERACTIVE SERVICES

• US 20090073318A1
• Filed: 04/07/2008
• Published: 03/19/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 08/30/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: DIRECTV, LLC (AT&T, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: The DIRECTV Group, Inc. (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: Camacho, Edgar C., Shanks, David Eric, Feldstein, David E., Tirer, Ilan, Shurgot, Mark A., Le, Craig, Thompson, Matthew J.
• Granted Patent: US 9,654,736 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 348/564
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/235 Processing of additional data, e.g. scrambling of additional data or processing content descriptors
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/435 Processing of additional data, e.g. decrypting of additional data, reconstructing software from modules extracted from the transport stream
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4383 Accessing a communication channel
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/439 Processing of audio elementary streams
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/472 End-user interface for requesting content, additional data or services; End-user interface for interacting with content, e.g. for content reservation or setting reminders, for requesting event notification, for manipulating displayed content end-user interfaces for retrieving video data from a database G06F16/739; network services for supporting unicast streaming H04L65/612
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4781 Games
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/17309 Transmission or handling of upstream communications

Abstract

An interactive mosaic channel video stream with indicators as to the action on a given video stream. The interactive mosaic channel is displayed on a video monitor, with a plurality of individual video feeds being presented at a given time, comprising a plurality of video cells presenting at least video information, each video cell associated with one of the plurality of individual video feeds, each video cell further comprising an area within the video cell reporting data related to the video feed, and a cursor, which can be moved between the plurality of video cells, for selecting at least one characteristic associated with a selected video cell, such that the user can then directly select a video program associated with the selected video cell.

Claims

1. An interactive matrixed video channel displayed on a video monitor, with a plurality of individual video feeds being presented at a given time, comprising

a plurality of video cells presenting at least video information, each video cell associated with one of the plurality of individual video feeds, each video cell further comprising an area within the video cell reporting data related to the video feed;

and

a cursor, which can be moved between the plurality of video cells, for selecting at least one characteristic associated with a selected video cell, such that the user is able to directly select a video program associated with the selected video cell, wherein at least one of the video feeds is a dynamic presentation of selected events on at least one other of the video feeds.

2. The interactive matrixed video channel of claim 1, wherein when the user selects a video program associated with the selected video cell, a secondary video cell is displayed, comprising at least the selected video program.

3. The interactive matrixed channel of claim 2, wherein the secondary video cell further comprises displaying at least the data related to the video information in the video feed.

4. The interactive matrixed channel of claim 3, wherein the secondary video cell further comprises displaying data related to at least one other video feed.

5. The interactive matrixed channel of claim 1, wherein the at least one characteristic associated with a selected video cell is the audio associated with that video cell.

6. The interactive matrixed channel of claim 1, further comprising displaying statistics related to the video feed.

7. The interactive matrixed channel of claim 1, further comprising allowing gambling on events occurring in the video feed.

8. The interactive matrixed channel of claim 1, further comprising allowing a user to interact with the video feed using computer-generated figures.

9. A system for displaying a plurality of individual video feeds at a given time, comprising:

a broadcast delivery system, comprising a transmitter and a receiver;

a monitor, coupled to the receiver, for selectively displaying a plurality of of video cells presenting at least video information, each video cell associated with one of the plurality of individual video feeds, each video cell further comprising an area within the video cell reporting data related to the video feed; and

a cursor, which can be moved between the plurality of video cells, for selecting at least one characteristic associated with a selected video cell, such that the user is able to directly select a video program associated with the selected video cell, wherein at least one of the video feeds is a dynamic presentation of selected events on at least one other of the video feeds.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein the broadcast delivery system is a satellite television delivery system.

11. The system of claim 9, wherein when the user selects a video program associated with the selected video cell, a secondary video cell is displayed, comprising at least the selected video program.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the secondary video cell further comprises displaying at least the data related to the video information in the video feed.

13. The system of claim 12, wherein the secondary video cell further comprises displaying data related to at least one other video feed.

14. The system of claim 9, wherein the at least one characteristic associated with a selected video cell is the audio associated with that video cell.

15. The system of claim 9, further comprising displaying statistics related to the video feed.

16. The system of claim 9, further comprising allowing gambling on events occurring in the video feed.

17. The system of claim 9, further comprising allowing a user to interact with the video feed using computer-generated figures.

18. A system for displaying a plurality of individual video feeds at a given time, comprising:

means for broadcasting the plurality of individual video feeds;

means for simultaneously displaying the plurality of individual video feeds; and

means for selecting from between the simultaneously displayed plurality of individual video feeds, wherein at least one of the video feeds is a dynamic presentation of selected events on at least one other of the plurality of video feeds.

19. The system of claim 18, wherein the means for broadcasting further comprises a satellite television delivery system.