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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 16, 2019
Filed:
Feb. 12, 2013
Comcast Cable Communications, Llc, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Dan Holden, Englewood, CO (US);
Austin J. Vrbas, Edgewater, CO (US);
Comcast Cable Communications, LLC, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Abstract
A method and system for viewing video content is described. In one aspect a first data stream including video content in a 2D format may be received. The first data stream may include embedded first data identifying tuning data for accessing the video content in a 3D format. The video content may be outputted in the 2D format. A notification of availability of the video content in the 3D format may be displayed to a viewer, and an instruction to tune to the video content in the 3D format may be received. The video content in the 3D format then may be outputted.