Michael W Runyon

US Patent:

20060190973, Aug 24, 2006

Filed:

Feb 24, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/064992

Inventors:

Kenneth Fernung - Westfield IN, US
George Witwer - Bluffton IN, US
Stephen Brooks - Carmel IN, US
Michael Runyon - Brownsburg IN, US

International Classification:

H04N 7/173
G06F 13/00
G06F 3/00
H04N 5/445

US Classification:

725087000, 725086000, 725060000, 725109000, 725110000

Abstract:

In one disclosed embodiment, multiple content sources are identified, and displays of content from those sources are positioned on a common display under user control. Content source selections and display preferences are persisted between user sessions, and fresh content is displayed each time the content is loaded. The user's customized display draws multimedia content from one or more selected sources from a predetermined list. In some embodiments, the multimedia content that is selectable for placement on the display includes television channels decoded from a cable TV signal by a converter.