Patent ID: 8698839
Filing Date: 2014-04-15
Classification: G06F,G09G

Abstract:
1. A method, comprising: storing profiles of video viewing preferences for a user of a video display, each profile in the profiles of video viewing preferences associating a plurality of display characteristics to a group of multiple different software applications; assigning an area of a video display screen of the video display, a display priority, and a display size to each group of the multiple different software applications; segmenting the video display screen of the video display into segments; receiving video information associated with different software applications; determining the group of multiple different software applications associated with the different software applications; retrieving a profile associated with the group of multiple different software applications; retrieving from the profile a region of the video display assigned to the group of multiple different software applications; determining an exclusion from the profile of one of the different software applications from display; excluding display of the video information associated with the one of the different software applications in response to the exclusion; modifying remaining video information according to the profile to generate modified video information; receiving a profile switch option after modification of the remaining video information; simultaneously displaying the remaining video information in a segment according to the profile along with a different group of multiple different software applications in a different segment of the video display screen; displaying an adjustment object that resizes the region of the video display; and interrupting further processing of the remaining video information after display according to the profile switch option.