Patent ID: 9167213
Filing Date: 2015-10-20
Classification: H04M,H04N

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for display and control of video data, comprising; a mobile client device having a touch sensitive display, said mobile client device being operable to connect to a wireless network and receive video data from a plurality of video sources over the wireless network; and non-transitory computer readable storage media in said mobile client device having stored thereon a video command application, said video command application being operable to simultaneously display on said touch sensitive display at least a portion of the video data from a predetermined number of said plurality of video sources, said plurality of video sources exceeding said predetermined number of displayed video sources, wherein said plurality of video sources that are not currently displayed on said touch sensitive display are off-screen video sources that are periodically updated with current video data, said video command application being operable to simultaneously display video data from multiple video sources having multiple differing video formats, said video command application being operable to display video data from a single video source on said touch sensitive display, and said video command application being operable to generate command instructions from user contact with said touch sensitive display to change a characteristic of said single video source, and thereby change the video data being generated by the video source, in accordance with the user contact.