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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 18, 2007
Filed:
Jul. 30, 2001
Applicants:
Paul G. Allen, Mercer Island, WA (US);
Michael Lee, Cupertino, CA (US);
James K. Okamoto, Saratoga, CA (US);
Inventors:
Paul G. Allen, Mercer Island, WA (US);
Michael Lee, Cupertino, CA (US);
James K. Okamoto, Saratoga, CA (US);
Assignee:
Digeo, Inc., Kirkland, WA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A plurality of video streams are simultaneously displayed on a terminal coupled to a network. The video streams are ranked according to a set of ranking criteria and displayed in accordance with the ranking. Highly ranked video streams may be displayed in prominent positions or emphasized in order to quickly draw the user's attention to the video streams.