Mosaic channel video stream with interactive services

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9654736-B2
Application number	US-9874708-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 7, 2008
Priority date	Aug 30, 2006
Publication date	May 16, 2017
Grant date	May 16, 2017

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.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A system, comprising:
a broadcast delivery system, comprising a transmitter for transmitting a broadcast signal to a receiver, the broadcast signal comprising a plurality of viewer channels and an interactive mosaic video channel, wherein:
each of the plurality of viewer channels transmits an associated one of a plurality of video feeds;

the interactive mosaic video channel transmits interactive mosaic video information, the interactive mosaic video information comprising a plurality of video cells, each presenting a respective different one of the plurality of video feeds;
the receiver for receiving the broadcast signal and for providing the plurality of video cells for display, wherein:
each of the received plurality of video cells is user-selectable by the receiver via a cursor, the user-selection of each of the plurality of video cells commanding the receiver to tune the viewer channel transmitting the one of the plurality of video feeds associated with the selected video cell;
the receiver records the interactive mosaic video channel including all of the plurality of video cells of the interactive mosaic video channel to produce a recorded interactive mosaic video channel having a plurality of recorded video cells corresponding to the plurality of video cells of the interactive mosaic video channel, each of the plurality of recorded video cells associated with a respective one of the plurality of video feeds, and the receiver plays back the recorded interactive mosaic video channel including the plurality of recorded video cells, and provides the played back recorded interactive mosaic video channel including all of the recorded plurality of video cells for display;
each of the recorded plurality of video cells is user-selectable via the cursor;
the receiver presents a selected one of the recorded plurality of video cells in a full monitor format in response to a user selection of the selected one of the recorded plurality of video cells; and
the presentation of the selected one of the recorded plurality of video cells in the full monitor format is of degraded picture quality.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein:
the interactive mosaic video channel is a live interactive mosaic video highlight channel; and
each of the plurality of video cells depicts one of a plurality of live highlights of a plurality events.

3. The system of claim 2 , wherein:
the event is a football contest having two teams; and
the live highlight of the plurality event is one of the teams in a red zone.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the broadcast signal is transmitted by a satellite television delivery system.

5. A method of presenting interactive mosaic video information, comprising:
receiving a broadcast signal in a receiver, the broadcast signal comprising a plurality of viewer channels and an interactive mosaic video channel, wherein each of the plurality of viewer channels transmits an associated one of a plurality of video feeds;
wherein the interactive mosaic video channel transmits interactive mosaic video information comprising a plurality of video cells, each presenting a respective different one of the plurality of video feeds;
recording the interactive mosaic video channel including the plurality of video cells with the receiver to produce a recorded interactive mosaic video channel having a plurality of recorded video cells, each of the plurality of recorded video cells presenting a respective one of a plurality of recorded video feeds;
playing back the recorded interactive mosaic video channel including the plurality of recorded video cells with the receiver;
providing the played back recorded interactive mosaic video channel including the plurality of recorded video cells for display;
accepting a selection of a selected one of the plurality of recorded video cells; and
playing back the selected one of the plurality of recorded video cells in a full monitor format; and
providing the played back selected one of the plurality of recorded video cells in the full monitor format for display;
wherein the presentation of the recorded plurality of video cells in the full monitor format is of a degraded picture quality.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein:
the interactive mosaic video channel is a live interactive mosaic video highlight channel; and
each of the plurality of video cells depicts one of a plurality of live highlights of a plurality events.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein:
the event is a football contest having two teams; and
the live highlight of the plurality event is one of the teams in a red zone.

8. The method of claim 5 , wherein the broadcast signal is transmitted by a satellite television delivery system.

9. The method of claim 5 , further comprising displaying statistics related to an event depicted in the video feed associated with the selected video cell.

10. A system, comprising:
a broadcast delivery system, comprising a transmitter for transmitting a broadcast signal to a receiver, the broadcast signal comprising a plurality of viewer channels and an interactive mosaic video channel, wherein:
each of the plurality of viewer channels transmits an associated one of a plurality of video feeds;
the interactive mosaic video channel transmits interactive mosaic video information, the interactive mosaic video information comprising a plurality of video cells, each presenting a respective one of the plurality of video feeds;

wherein:
each of the plurality of video cells is user-selectable via a cursor, the user-selection of each of the plurality of video cells commanding the receiver to tune the viewer channel transmitting the one of the plurality of video feeds associated with the selected video cell;
the receiver records the interactive mosaic video channel including the plurality of video cells to produce a recorded interactive mosaic video channel having a plurality of recorded plurality of video cells, each of the recorded plurality of video cells presenting a respective one of the plurality of video feeds and the receiver plays back the recorded interactive mosaic video channel including the recorded plurality of video cells;
each of the recorded plurality of video cells is user-selectable via the cursor;
the user selection of a selected one of the recorded plurality of video cells presents the selected one of the recorded plurality of video cells in a full monitor format; and
the presentation of the selected one of the recorded plurality of video cells in the full monitor format is of degraded picture quality.

11. The system of claim 10 , wherein:
the interactive mosaic video channel is a live interactive mosaic video highlight channel; and
each of the plurality of video cells depicts one of a plurality of live highlights of a plurality events.

12. The system of claim 11 , wherein:
the event is a football contest having two teams; and
the live highlight of the plurality event is one of the teams in a red zone.

13. The system of claim 10 , wherein the broadcast signal is transmitted by a satellite television delivery system.

14. The system of claim 10 , further comprising displaying statistics related to an event depicted in the video feed associated with the selected video cell.

Assignees

• Shanks David Eric
• Thompson Matthew J
• Shurgot Mark A
• Feldstein David E
• Camacho Edgar C
• Le Craig
• Directv Group Inc

Inventors

• Shanks David Eric
• Thompson Matthew J
• Shurgot Mark A
• Feldstein David E
• Camacho Edgar C
• Le Craig
• Tirer Ilan

Classifications

• H04N21/235

  Processing of additional data, e.g. scrambling of additional data or processing content descriptors · CPC title

• H04N21/4781

  Games · CPC title

• H04N7/17309 Primary

  Transmission or handling of upstream communications · CPC title

• H04N21/435

  Processing of additional data, e.g. decrypting of additional data, reconstructing software from modules extracted from the transport stream · CPC title

• H04N21/4383

  Accessing a communication channel · CPC title