Method and device for providing mosaic channel

摘要

A method for providing mosaic channels among multiple client devices is provided. Wherein, the multiple client devices are connected via a data communication network so as to be able to communicate data with each other. At the side of a client device, which is instructed to change to a mosaic channel while the other client device are receiving channel programs from at least one channel program server via a communication for channel programs, the method comprises the steps of receiving channel information of the channel programs from at least one of the other client devices via the communication network for channel programs; and generating a mosaic channel that comprises channel cells for presenting the channel information.

主权项

1. A method for providing a mosaic view among multiple client devices, wherein at the side of a client device, the method comprises:
receiving an instruction for changing to the mosaic view; receiving channel information of at least one channel program received by one or more other client devices, via a data communication network, through which all client devices are connected, wherein channel information of each channel program is received via IP layer multicast and for each channel program among the at least one channel program that is being received by at least two client devices, selecting only one client device from the at least two client devices as a representative client device to send channel information of the channel program via IP layer multicast; and generating, at the client device, the mosaic view that comprises mosaic cells received from different representative client devices as a low resolution stream for presenting the channel information wherein the channel information is a picture or multiple pictures captured by a client device sending the channel information from the channel program the client device is receiving.