Patent ID: 9621768
Date: 2017-04-11
CPC Classifications: H04N

Claim:
1. A method for displaying media information, comprising: receiving a first media stream that is generated based at least in part on a plurality of synchronized video recordings; displaying the first media stream, including by simultaneously displaying a first plurality of synchronized views including a first main view and a first set of auxiliary views, the first main view corresponding to at least one of the plurality of synchronized video recordings and at least some of the first set of auxiliary views corresponding to at least some of the plurality of synchronized video recordings; receiving a user selection that corresponds to a selected one of the first set of auxiliary views; generating a second media stream in response to the user selection and based at least in part on at least some of the plurality of synchronized video recordings; generating a third media stream based on the same set of recordings as the second media stream; displaying the second media stream, including by simultaneously displaying a second plurality of synchronized views including a second main view and a second set of auxiliary views, the second main view corresponding to the selected one of the first set of auxiliary views and the second set of auxiliary views corresponding to at least some of the plurality of synchronized video recordings; and displaying the third media stream, including by simultaneously displaying a third plurality of synchronized views including a third main view and a third set of auxiliary views, the third main view corresponding to the selected one of the first set of auxiliary views and the third set of auxiliary views corresponding to the plurality of synchronized video recordings of the second media stream, wherein the second media stream is a lower quality stream compared with the first media stream and the second media stream is displayed until the third media stream that has comparable quality as the first media stream is ready to be displayed, wherein said third media stream has a higher quality stream than said second media stream.