Patent ID: 9743119
Date: 2017-08-22
CPC Classifications: H04N

Claim:
1. A video display system comprising: a computerized media processing unit configured to receive video content from each of a plurality of different source devices, the media processing unit configured to aggregate and blend different video content from the different source devices to generate as output a blended video signal in an HDMI format which is receivable by a television; wherein one of the plurality of source devices is a network computing device configured to run a web-based application that provides access to internet video content to the media processing unit, provides a graphical user interface for the video display system, and provides control instructions to the media processing unit; wherein the video signal output by the media processing unit comprises a plurality of video containers all displayable on the television simultaneously with variable size and variable position, wherein each of the plurality of video containers is capable of simultaneously displaying respective video content from one of the plurality of source devices, independent of the size, position, and video content of the other video containers; wherein a video content displayable in a background video container comprises the graphical user interface, and wherein the media processing unit is configured to control the size and position of each of the other video containers on the background container in response to control instructions of the web-based application, which control instructions comprise at least one of programmed instructions of the web-based application and user interactions with the graphical user interface.