System And Method For Aggregating Devices For Intuitive Browsing

摘要

A media device includes a communication interface communicatively coupling the media device to one or more other media devices and a display, and a controller associated with the communication interface. The controller is adapted to access one or more templates comprising a layout of a graphical user interface (GUI). The controller further identifies one or more available media devices from which media content may be streamed, a respective utilization of the media devices and one or more media content streams available from each of the media devices and determine, based upon the template and the one or more media content streams, at least one of the media content streams to display. The controller then acquires and outputs the at least one of the media content streams for display in accordance with the layout.

主权项

1. A media device comprising:
a communication interface communicatively coupling the media device to one or more other media devices; and a controller comprising at least one processor and associated with the communication interface adapted to:
access one or more templates each comprising a layout of a graphical user interface (GUI) when the media device in a passive browsing mode;identify one or more available media devices from which media content may be streamed, one or more media content streams available from each of the one or more available media devices, and a respective utilization of each of the one or more available media devices;monitor for an occurrence of at least one alert;determine, based upon the occurrence of the at least one alert condition and the one or more media content streams being streamed, at least one of the media content streams to display;acquire the at least one of the media content streams for display in accordance with the one or more templates;output the at least one of the media content streams to a display for presentation in the GUI in accordance with the one or more layouts; andoutput an indication of at least one of the at least one alert condition for display in the GUI and a degree to which the at least one of the media content streams matches one or more preferences in the one or more templates for display in the GUI.