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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Oct. 18, 2022

Filed:

Feb. 08, 2021
Applicant:

Guest Tek Interactive Entertainment Ltd., Calgary, CA;

Inventors:

Arnon Levy, Calgary, CA;

Peter S. Warrick, Calgary, CA;

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/431 (2011.01); H04N 21/482 (2011.01); H04N 21/434 (2011.01); H04N 21/2387 (2011.01); H04N 21/44 (2011.01); H04N 21/61 (2011.01); H04N 21/643 (2011.01); H04N 21/214 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/4316 (2013.01); H04N 21/2143 (2013.01); H04N 21/2387 (2013.01); H04N 21/4345 (2013.01); H04N 21/44016 (2013.01); H04N 21/4821 (2013.01); H04N 21/6118 (2013.01); H04N 21/6125 (2013.01); H04N 21/64322 (2013.01);
Abstract

A set-top box receives original video streams and generates a guide video stream that includes each of the original video streams resized and arranged as a plurality of scaled video streams such that all of the scaled video streams are simultaneously visible and playing on the guide video stream. The guide video stream is displayed on a display device and the set-top box provides an interactive user interface on the display device in conjunction with the guide video stream to allow a user of the set-top box to select one of the scaled video streams for full screen playback. In response to the user selecting a particular scaled video stream on the guide video stream for full screen playback, the set-top box plays full screen on the display device a particular original video stream corresponding to the particular scaled video stream as received via the communication interface.


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