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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 24, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 22, 2012
Sukhminder Singh Grewal, New Haven, CT (US);
Sukhminder Singh Grewal, New Haven, CT (US);
Other;
Abstract
A set top box computer system for delivering video content is provided. The set top box computer system includes a memory device configured to store channel information including a channel identifier and a video source for each of a plurality of video content channels, a user input interface configured to receive a channel selection, and a processor coupled to the memory device and the user input interface, the processor configured to acquire video content based on a comparison of the channel information and the channel selection, the video content acquired from a corresponding video source located on the Internet, the processor further configured to transmit the video content to a media display device such that the transmitted video content is displayed on the media display device without displaying other content from the corresponding video source.