Patent ID: 8165448

Claim:
A method for displaying first, second and third video stream information from a video player, the method comprising: detecting the first video stream and associated first stream identification indicating that the first stream is a left stream; detecting the second video stream and associated second stream identification indicating that the second stream is a center stream; detecting the third video stream and associated third stream identification indicating that the third stream is a right stream; detecting a first display device and associated first display device position identification indicating that the first display device is to a left location; detecting a second display device, and associated second display device position identification indicating that the second display device is a center location; detecting a third display device and associated third display device position identification indicating that the third display device is a right location; directing the video streams to the display devices in a first assignment by using the first, second, and third stream identifications and the first second, and third display device position identifications so that the first stream is displayed on the first display device, the second stream is displayed on the second display device, and the third stream is displayed on the third display device to result in a panoramic view that includes three different portions of a same scene, wherein each portion is displayed on a different one of the first, second and third display devices; and accepting a signal from a user input device to modify the directing of the video streams to the display devices to produce a different assignment of streams to display devices.