Patent ID: 9247283
Filing Date: 2016-01-26
CPC Classification: H04N

Claim Text:
1. A method implemented on a computing device, said method comprising: receiving one or more video mosaic source services, each of said one or more video mosaic source services comprising a plurality of cells, each cell being associated with a content source; receiving signaling data, said signaling data comprising at least one attribute defining a current content available on a content source; receiving a request specifying an attribute to use for producing a mosaic presentation screen; and upon receiving said request, compositing cells extracted from said received one or more video mosaic source services into a mosaic presentation screen, said composited cells being associated with content sources whose current content attribute corresponds to said specified attribute, wherein said signaling data further comprises data specifying a location of a cell on a particular video mosaic source service for each content source; and said compositing further comprises: identifying video mosaic source services comprising cells associated with content sources whose current content attribute corresponds to said specified attribute using said signaling data; decoding said identified video mosaic source services; identifying cells on said decoded video mosaic source services associated with content sources whose current content attribute corresponds to said specified attribute using said signaling data; and compositing said identified cells into a mosaic presentation screen.