Patent ID: 8654248

Claim:
A method for displaying video content in a proper aspect ratio, said method comprising: receiving, at a smart telephone, video content from a head-end server via a broadband gateway; receiving, at a set top box, the video content from the head-end server via the smart telephone over a local area network; in response to the video content being received from the head-end server via the smart telephone, determining at the set top box if the video content is configured to be displayed in a first aspect ratio on a display device, said display device being separate from the smart telephone; if the video content is configured to be displayed in the first aspect ratio, displaying the video content in the first aspect ratio on the display device; and if the video content is not configured to be displayed in the first aspect ratio, displaying the video content in the second aspect ratio on the display device; wherein converting is performed during streaming of the video content.