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Date of Patent:
Jun. 02, 2020

Filed:

Feb. 12, 2016
Applicant:

Cox Communications, Inc., Atlanta, GA (US);

Inventors:

Catherine Elizabeth Thompson, Roswell, GA (US);

James Alan Strothmann, Johns Creek, GA (US);

Assignee:

COX COMMUNICATIONS, INC., Atlanta, GA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/431 (2011.01); H04N 21/482 (2011.01); H04N 21/426 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/4316 (2013.01); H04N 21/4263 (2013.01); H04N 21/4821 (2013.01);
Abstract

A last viewed zone comprising video streams of a predetermined number of last viewed channels is provided. Channels selected by a user are identified and added to a channel list, which is maintained and stored in a temporary repository. When a selection of the last viewed zone is received, a last viewed zone user interface comprising a predetermined number of channels from the channel list is generated for display on the user's display device in a mosaic fashion such that the video streams of each of the channels may be viewed simultaneously. Additional functionalities like audio may be provided for the video stream of user's choice. The channels within the channel list may include the last channels tuned-to on the viewing device and user selected channels.


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