System and method for a household mosaic viewer

摘要

A method of monitoring video streams currently being displayed at a customer premises of an Internet Protocol television network. A plurality of Internet Protocol television video streams each currently being displayed by a respective one of a plurality of set-top box devices located at a customer premises and a universal resource locator being accessed at the customer premises are identified. The plurality of Internet Protocol television video streams currently being displayed by the respective set-top box devices are displayed together with the universal resource locator on a display device.

主权项

1. A method comprising:
identifying a plurality of internet protocol television video streams each currently being displayed by a respective one of a plurality of set-top box devices located at a customer premises; identifying a plurality of universal resource locators each currently being accessed by a respective one of a plurality of computers at the customer premises; displaying, on a first portion of a display device, a mosaic comprising
each of the plurality of internet protocol television video streams currently being displayed by the respective set-top box devices,each of the plurality of universal resource locators currently being accessed by the respective computers,a website name associated with each of the plurality of universal resource locators,text or a hyperlink associated with each of the plurality of universal resource locators, anda usage indicator representing a first number of internet protocol television video streams available at the customer premises and a second number of internet protocol television video streams currently being displayed at the customer premises; and displaying, on a second portion of the display device, a selected video stream, wherein in accordance with selecting a portion of the mosaic, an enlarged presentation of the television video stream corresponding to the selected portion is displayed on the second portion of the display device, and wherein each of the plurality of computers comprises a computer display separate from the display device.