Patent ID: 8332889
Filing Date: 2012-12-11
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A method of generating a personalized video mosaic from a plurality of video sources, comprising: receiving, at a headend of a cable television services system, a plurality of video source signals representing a plurality of programs; scaling, at the headend, the plurality of video source signals from a full screen format to video mosaic signals having a predetermined, reduced window size format suitable for a video mosaic after data compression; multiplexing the video mosaic signals to produce a single scaled output video stream; receiving, at the headend, a selection request from a subscriber selecting a specific set of the plurality of video source signals from the single scaled output video stream to include in a personalized video mosaic, wherein receiving the request comprises receiving the request from a subscriber via one or more of an interactive television (ITV) session enabled via an ITV interface, a web services session wherein a subscriber profile containing one or more subscriber video source selections may be updated, or a subscriber profile update session via a cable television services system client application operated on a cable services set top box; selecting, at the headend, video mosaic signals from the single scaled output video stream corresponding to the set of specific video source signals indicated by the received selection request to produce the personalized video mosaic; generating, at the headend, a single video mosaic stream formed from the video mosaic signals selected from the single scaled output video stream corresponding to the set of specific video source signals indicated by the received selection request to produce the personalized video mosaic; and transmitting the single video mosaic stream to the subscriber for viewing of the personalized video mosaic on a single channel, the personalized video mosaic comprising a simultaneous display of the set of the plurality of video mosaic signals corresponding to the set of specific video source signals indicated by the received selection request provided at the headend by the subscriber.