Patent ID: 9686581
Date: 2017-06-20
CPC Classifications: G06F,G09G,H04L,H04N

Claim:
1. A method for providing coordinated graphical user interfaces on a plurality of devices comprising: wirelessly outputting by a set top box a first video stream and a second video stream; receiving, by a primary display, the first video stream and the second video stream and rendering a full screen view of the first video stream by a first application on the primary display; receiving, by a second-screen device, the first video stream and the second video stream and rendering a partial view of the first video stream by a second application on the second-screen device, wherein the partial view is a cropped frame of the full screen view, and the partial view and the full screen view are substantially synchronized in time; receiving, on the second-screen device, a user input to display a portion of the second video stream; rendering, on the primary display, a full screen view comprising an overlay of the first video stream and the requested portion of the second video stream; and rendering, on the second-screen device, a partial view of the overlay of the first video stream and the requested portion of the second video stream, wherein the partial view consists of a cropped frame of the overlay of the first video stream and a cropped frame of the requested portion of the second video stream, and the partial view and the full screen view are substantially synchronized in time.