Patent ID: 8495671

Claim:
An apparatus for providing video content to be rendered on a display having a screen size for the display area, the apparatus comprising: a primary video signal input that receives a plurality of video signals from a cable television subscriber network and provides a subscriber selected primary video signal; a supplemental video signal input, separate from said primary video signal input, that receives a supplemental video signal separate from the primary video signal; a scaler that selects a rendering size to display the subscriber selected primary video signal and scales the subscriber selected primary video to the selected rendering size, wherein the selected rendering size is smaller than the screen size; a combiner for integrating the scaled subscriber selected primary video signal with the supplementary video signal such that the combined scaled subscriber selected primary video and the supplementary video can be simultaneously viewed within the screen size for the display area; a video output for providing the combined subscriber selected primary video signal and supplementary video signal for display wherein the supplementary video signal is then displayed in combination with the subscriber selected primary video independent of the subscriber selected primary signal; a user feedback input for receiving a feedback signal, the feedback signal being triggered by a user action indicating that the supplemental video signal is being viewed by the user; and a controller operative to control access to each primary video signal and thus presentation of each primary video signal, based on the user feedback signal indicating that the supplemental video signal is being viewed.