发明名称 |
APPARATUS, SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR A VIDEO THUMBNAIL ELECTRONIC PROGRAM GUIDE |
摘要 |
Video thumbnail electronic program guide (EPG) systems and methods are operable to include a video thumbnail. An exemplary embodiment receives a media content stream at a media device; picks a plurality of still image video frames from the received media content stream, wherein each still image video frame has information that is sufficient to construct the still image video frame; generate a plurality of still image video frame thumbnails, wherein each of the still image video frame thumbnails correspond to one of the still image video frames; generate a video thumbnail from the plurality of still image video frame thumbnails; and incorporate the video thumbnail with at least one program descriptor and a channel identifier associated with the media content stream into the video thumbnail EPG. |
申请公布号 |
US2014109140(A1) |
申请公布日期 |
2014.04.17 |
申请号 |
US201314137849 |
申请日期 |
2013.12.20 |
申请人 |
ECHOSTAR BROADCASTING CORPORATION |
发明人 |
YAO KEVIN;MCSCHOOLER JEFFREY |
分类号 |
H04N21/431;H04N5/445 |
主分类号 |
H04N21/431 |
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