Patent ID: 9374625
Filing Date: 2016-06-21
CPC Classification: H04N

Claim Text:
1. A computer implemented method of controlling content being output to multiple display devices, wherein each of the multiple display devices is statically tuned to a particular channel, the method comprising: polling the multiple display devices to populate system information on a display accessible by a manager of a system of the multiple displays display devices to provide a population of available channels to the manager so that the manager can readily ascertain which display devices are statically tuned to the particular channels; generating a file of available channels to which the multiple channels are displayed; refreshing the list of available channels on a periodic basis; and displaying to the manager the list of available channels, a list of channels which are being tuned to by the tuners, and specific channels that are being viewed by each display device so that the manager may control the content being output to the multiple display devices.