Patent ID: 8054319

Claim:
A method of configuring and managing a multiscreen, the method comprising: receiving a plurality of broadcasting services in a digital television or a digital set top box; generating a plurality of display screens, wherein each of the plurality of display screens is a virtual screen to present an output composition of a physical display device; generating a plurality of logical screens, wherein each of the plurality of logical screens is a virtual screen to be associated with a display screen of the plurality of display screens and a display area on each of the plurality of display screens; associating the plurality of broadcasting services with the plurality of logical screens; associating the plurality of logical screens with the plurality of display screens; discovering a display screen set including active display screens from among the plurality of display screens; and discovering a screen set including active logical screens from among logical screens associated with a current display screen, wherein each of the plurality of display screens is optionally associated to zero or more video output ports, and wherein each of the output ports is for connection to an external device.