Mosaic focus control

摘要

A television receiver may be configured to receive, from a user of the television receiver, a set of viewing rules that define a focus preference of the user. The television receiver may output, to a presentation device, a video mosaic comprising a plurality of pieces of content presented as a plurality of tiles. Each piece of content may be linked with a corresponding audio stream from a plurality of audio streams. The television receiver may select a piece of content for focus from the plurality of pieces of content based on the set of viewing rules defined by the user. The television receiver may output only an audio stream linked with the piece of content being focused on from among the plurality of audio streams.

主权项

1. A television receiver comprising:
one or more processors; and a memory communicatively coupled with, and readable by, the one or more processors and having stored therein processor-readable instructions which, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to: receive, from a user of the television receiver, a ranking of a plurality of pieces of content, a front-end switching condition, and a back-end switching condition, wherein:
the front-end switching condition defines criteria occurring within a piece of content that triggers when focus is to switch to another piece of content; andthe back-end switching condition defines when focus is to switch to a higher-ranked piece of content following the front-end switching condition ending; cause the television receiver to output, to a presentation device, a customized video mosaic comprising a plurality of pieces of content presented as a plurality of tiles, wherein:
each piece of content of the plurality of pieces of content is individually presented as one tile of the plurality of tiles, andeach piece of content is linked with a corresponding audio stream; control focus among the plurality of tiles within the customized video mosaic based on the ranking, the front-end switching condition, and the back-end switching condition, wherein a tile from the plurality of tiles receives focus at a given time.