Patent ID: 9665236
Date: 2017-05-30
CPC Classifications: G06F,H04L,H04N

Claim:
1. In a system including one or more media devices that receive data streams from a plurality of media content providers, a method for a media device from amongst the one or more media devices to generate a custom user interface configured to display selected data streams available to be streamed to the media device, the method comprising: displaying, on a media device, a first user interface defined and hosted by a first third-party media content provider, the first user interface displaying a first plurality of data streams provided by the first third-party media content provider that are available to be streamed to the media device, the first user interface displaying the first plurality of data streams in accordance with rules defined and hosted by the first third-party media content provider; displaying, on the media device, a second user interface defined and hosted by a second third-party media content provider, the second third-party media content provider being different from the first third-party media content provider, the second user interface displaying a second plurality of data streams provided by the second third-party media content provider that are available to be streamed to the media device, the second user interface displaying the second plurality of data streams in accordance with rules defined by the second third-party media content provider; receiving user input, at the media device, that selects, from the first user interface a first subset of the first plurality of data streams available to be streamed to the media device; receiving user input, at the media device, that selects, from the second user interface a second subset of the first plurality of data streams available to be streamed to the media device; based on the user input that selects the first and second subsets, generating a custom user interface for displaying the first subset of the first plurality of data streams and the second subset of the second plurality of data streams together within the custom user interface, the custom user interface being independent of the first and second user interfaces; displaying the custom user interface on the media device such that the first subset of the first plurality of data streams and the second subset of the second plurality of data streams are displayed together within the custom user interface and such that the determination of which data streams are displayed within the custom user interface is based on user interaction with the first and second user interfaces defined and hosted by the first and second third-party media content providers respectively; receiving user input that selects a first data stream of the data streams displayed in the custom user interface, the first data stream being provided by the first third-party media content provider; and commencing streaming of the first data stream without requiring the user to navigate to the first user interface and select the first data stream.