Patent ID: 8863223
Filing Date: 2014-10-14
Classification: G11B,H04N

Abstract:
1. A mobile set top box comprising: a docking port configured to accept a mobile computing device that has a native resolution of a first size format and receives media content from at least two different types of communications networks; a mobile device input that receives media content from the mobile computing device accepted in the docking port; a television signal input that receives at least one type of television signal; a video processor configured to receive and process the media content from the mobile device input, the video processor including adaptive circuitry to process the media content transmitted from unicast and multicast broadcasts, and the video processor including circuitry and instructions operable to process a predefined protocol stack of video packets forming at least a portion of the media content; a processor coupled to an electronic storage, the electronic storage comprising instructions that, when executed, cause the processor to: execute an upconversion process by processing first media content from the mobile computing device, wherein the first media content includes digital video image information comprising a series of digital video frames, and is modified for display on a display device that is separate from the mobile set top box, the display device having a native display resolution of a second size format that is larger than the first size format of the mobile computing device, the upconversion process further comprising: render a television signal into second media content for display on the display device, comprising: an output configured to deliver the upconverted first media content and the rendered second media content from the mobile set top box to the display device.