Patent ID: 9628745
Date: 2017-04-18
CPC Classifications: H04N

Claim:
1. A screen splitting method comprising: splitting a single screen of a television into multiple sub-screens according to a defined number; associating the sub-screens with at least one remote control device, wherein one sub-screen relates to one application; activating and displaying a plurality of applications relating to corresponding ones of the multiple sub-screens on the sub-screens; receiving, from the remote control device, an instruction to select one of the plurality of applications; and controlling the selected application displayed on a corresponding related sub-screen via the remote control device according to the received instruction; making a first layout of first sub-screens according to a first number of the first sub-screens and representative styles of the first applications related to the first sub-screens, wherein the representative styles comprises a horizontal style and a vertical style; wherein the making of layout comprises: determining whether the vertical style for at least one application is involved if the first number is between 1 and the defined number; rearranging the first layout of the first sub-screens as a second layout if the vertical style for at least one application is involved; and connecting the first applications to and displaying the first applications in the first sub-screens.