Patent ID: 8533770
Filing Date: 2013-09-10
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. An apparatus to support visual presentations to a viewer via a display, in which the visual presentations are based on a selection made from available non-broadcast, user captured media content, the apparatus comprising: an interface to communicate with a user via the display and to receive user input from the user, the interface to also communicate with a storage that stores the available non-broadcast, user captured media content and the interface to retrieve the available non-broadcast, user captured media content from the storage for viewing; a processor that is operable, based on user input, to select a sequence of content from the available non-broadcast, user captured media content for viewing on a personal media channel and to support construction of a tailored channel guide for the display to view a time sequence of entries corresponding to the sequence of content selected from the available non-broadcast, user captured media content for viewing on the personal media channel, the processor also operable, based on user input, to support selection of idle state content from the sequence of content of the personal media channel and to display the idle state content on the display, when the display enters an idle state.