Patent ID: 8756631
Filing Date: 2014-06-17
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A method for display of a digital video signal, the method comprising: receiving a major channel of the digital video signal, wherein the major channel includes a plurality of minor channels encoded therein, wherein said plurality of minor channels includes at least one high definition minor channel; decoding the plurality of minor channels; simultaneously displaying more than one of the plurality of minor channels on a display device, wherein the display includes active motion video for each of the plurality of minor channels including said at least one high definition minor channel; providing a navigation feature for navigating between said plurality of minor channels; defining a plurality of active viewing windows; providing minor channels video signals to at least one of the plurality of active viewing windows; displaying an audio signal for one of the minor channels being displayed, wherein the audio signal is selected based on a selection of one of the active viewing windows; generating a first viewing window having a sixteen by nine aspect ratio for a high definition minor channel; generating a second viewing window having a four by three aspect ratio for a low definition minor channel; tracking the location of a magnification indicator; and magnifying one of the active viewing windows when the magnification indicator is in approximation with the location of said one of the active viewing windows on the display, wherein any remaining active viewing windows are at least partially visible in a background of the magnified active viewing window.