Systems and methods for providing blackout support in video mosaic environments

摘要

Systems and methods for providing blackout support in video mosaic environments are disclosed. In response to receiving a request for a video mosaic page, screen data, which may include blackout information, is received. The screen data identifies the video assets in the video mosaic page. A determination is made, based at least in part on the screen data, whether any video assets in the video mosaic page should be blacked out. Blacked out assets may be masked and their associated audio blocked. In addition, an overlay of options associated with the blacked out asset may be presented. The overlay may include options to substitute the blacked out asset with replacement content, search for similar content, or retrieve more information about the blackout.

主权项

1. A method for providing enhanced blackout support in a video mosaic screen presented on user equipment, the method comprising:
receiving a user request for the video mosaic screen comprising a plurality of video assets; receiving screen data which defines blackout information for at least one of the plurality of video assets; determining, based at least in part on the blackout information, whether any of the plurality of video assets are blacked out on the user equipment; generating for display the video mosaic screen, wherein the generating comprises masking video assets, of the plurality of video assets, that are blacked out with one or more of icons, text, non-blank videos, and advertisements; receiving, from the video mosaic screen, a user selection of a masked first video asset of the masked video assets; generating for display an options overlay for the selected masked first video asset in response to the user selection, wherein the overlay is displayed simultaneously with at least a second video asset in the video mosaic screen; in response to a user selection of a first option in the options overlay, generating for display information relating to the selected masked first video asset; and in response to a user selection of a second option in the options overlay, substituting video of the alternative content in the video mosaic screen for the selected masked first video asset.