Patent ID: 9380340
Filing Date: 2016-06-28
CPC Classification: H04N

Claim Text:
1. A method for providing enhanced blackout support in a video mosaic screen presented on user equipment, the method comprising: receiving a user request for a video mosaic screen comprising a plurality of video assets; receiving blackout information for a first video asset of the plurality of video assets; determining, based on the blackout information and a location of the user equipment, whether the first video asset is blacked out on the user equipment; in response to determining that the first video asset is blacked out on the user equipment: receiving a user selection of the first video asset; in response to receiving the user selection of the first video asset, generating for display an options overlay for the first video asset; in response to receiving a user selection of an option in the options overlay, replacing the first video asset in the video mosaic screen with the locally-stored media asset from the user equipment; updating the location of the user equipment; determining, based on the blackout information and the updated location of the user equipment, that the first video asset is no longer blacked out on the user equipment; and in response to determining that the first video asset is no longer blacked out on the user equipment, generating for display the video mosaic screen, wherein the locally-stored media asset in the video mosaic screen is replaced with the first video asset.