Patent ID: 6310655
Filing Date: 2001-10-30
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
A system for receiving video programming comprising:a receiver station that receives a wide-screen multi-image signal that was transmitted from a remote location;the received wide-screen multi-image signal comprising at least first and second images each located in either a non-wide-screen primary image area or at least one non-wide-screen secondary image area, respectively;said non-wide-screen primary image area and said non-wide-screen secondary image area received in a picture-out-of-picture (POP) configuration;said receiver station comprising a tuner for receiving said wide-screen multi-image signal at a single frequency;said receiver station further comprising a decoder in communication with said tuner and programmed to receive said wide-screen multi-image signal in said POP configuration and provide the image in said non-wide-screen primary image area and the image in said non-wide-screen secondary image area to a display in a picture-in-picture (PIP) configuration.