Patent ID: 8677403
Filing Date: 2014-03-18
Classification: H04H,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method for administering a video channel comprising a plurality of video feeds, comprising: coupling a head-end computer to a transmission station, the transmission station receiving the plurality of video feeds; arranging a plurality of icons on a monitor of the head-end computer to emulate a video layout to be presented; associating, using the head-end computer, a video feed of the plurality of video feeds with an icon of the plurality of icons; associating, using the head-end computer, a separate data stream with the video feed and the icon in the plurality of icons, wherein the separate data stream comprises a plurality of individual fields; upon selection of the icon in the plurality of icons, displaying, on a first screen, the plurality of individual fields and corresponding automatically generated data from the separate data stream associated with the video feed; displaying, for each of the individual fields, an option to utilize the automatically generated data from the separate data stream or to replace the automatically generated data with manually entered data; receiving input that specifies which individual fields of the plurality of individual fields are to be displayed within the icon; displaying a video selection menu on a second screen wherein: