Patent ID: 8508664

Claim:
A method for monitoring video provided from a content source, the method comprising: outputting a first video signal provided from a first content source; and displaying a video from a second video signal intermittently with a video from the first video signal on a single screen, the second video signal being provided from a second content source other than the first second content source, by: causing the single screen to be in a multi-view state where a video from the second video signal is displayed with a video from the first video signal on the single screen for a first time period; causing the single screen to be in a single-view state, after the first time period, where a video from the first video signal is displayed alone on the single screen for a second time period longer than the first time period; and causing the multi-view state and the single-view state to be automatically repeated in an alternate manner on the single screen after the second time period.