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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 15, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 25, 2010
Christopher M. Amidon, Apex, NC (US);
Scott Curtis, Durham, NC (US);
Hugh Svendsen, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Christopher M. Amidon, Apex, NC (US);
Scott Curtis, Durham, NC (US);
Hugh Svendsen, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
ELOY TECHNOLOGY, LLC, Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
A media device includes a communication interface communicatively coupling the media device to one or more other media devices and a display, and a controller associated with the communication interface. The controller is adapted to access one or more templates comprising a layout of a graphical user interface (GUI). The controller further identifies one or more other media devices from which media content may be streamed and one or more media content streams available from each of the one or more media devices and determine, based upon the template and the one or more media content streams, at least one of the media content streams to display. The controller then acquires and outputs the at least one of the media content streams for display in accordance with the layout.