Patent ID: 8892760
Filing Date: 2014-11-18
Classification: G06F,H04L,H04N

Abstract:
1. In a system including one or more mobile media devices that receive data streams from a plurality of media content providers, a method for a mobile media device from amongst the one or more mobile media devices to generate a custom user interface configured to display selected data streams available to be streamed to the mobile media device, the method comprising: displaying, on a mobile media device, a first user interface defined and hosted by a first third-party media content provider, the first user interface displaying a first plurality of data streams provided by the first third-party media content provider that are available to be streamed to the mobile media device, the first user interface displaying the first plurality of data streams in accordance with rules defined and hosted by the first third-party media content provider; displaying, on the mobile media device, a second user interface defined by a second third-party media content provider, the second user interface displaying a second plurality of data streams provided by the second third-party media content provider that are available to be streamed to the mobile media device, the second user interface displaying the second plurality of data streams in accordance with rules defined by the second third-party media content provider; receiving user input, at the mobile media device, that selects, from the first user interface a first subset of the first plurality of data streams available to be streamed to the mobile media device; recording, at the mobile media device, a first indication that the user input selected the first subset of the first plurality of data streams from within the first user interface; receiving user input, at the mobile media device, that selects, from the second user interface a second subset of the first plurality of data streams available to be streamed to the mobile media device; recording, at the mobile media device, a second indication that the user input selected the second subset of the second plurality of data streams from within the second user interface; detecting the first and second indications; in response to detecting the first and second indications, generating a custom user interface for displaying the first subset of the first plurality of data streams and the second subset of the second plurality of data streams together within the custom user interface, wherein generating the custom user interface includes defining custom rules for displaying data streams in the custom user interface; displaying the custom user interface on the mobile media device such that the first subset of the first plurality of data streams and the second subset of the second plurality of data streams are displayed together within the custom user interface in accordance with the custom rules and such that the determination of which data streams are displayed within the custom user interface is based on user interaction with the first and second user interfaces defined and hosted by the first and second third-party media content providers respectively, but the custom user interface, including the custom rules for displaying the data streams in the custom user interface, are independent of and not defined by the first or second third-party media content providers; receiving user input that selects a first data stream of the data streams displayed in the custom user interface, the first data stream being provided by the first third-party media content provider; and commencing streaming of the first data stream without requiring the user to navigate to the first user interface and select the first data stream.