US 7,496,277 B2
System and method of programmatic window control for consumer video players
Jonathan Ackley, Glendale, Calif. (US); Christopher T. Carey, Santa Clarita, Calif. (US); Bennet S. Carr, Burbank, Calif. (US); and Kathleen S. Poole, La Canada, Calif. (US)
Assigned to Disney Enterprises, Inc., Burbank, Calif. (US)
Filed on Jun. 02, 2004, as Appl. No. 10/859,885.
Claims priority of provisional application 60/475340, filed on Jun. 02, 2003.
Prior Publication US 2005/0019015 A1, Jan. 27, 2005
Int. Cl. H04N 5/76 (2006.01); H04N 7/00 (2006.01); H04N 7/087 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 386—84  [386/46] 28 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A media playback device for a picture-in-picture presentation of a first video stream and a second video stream, the media playback device comprising:
at least one media interface configured to receive the first video stream and the second video stream, wherein the first video stream is associated with first data and the second video stream is associated with second data, and wherein the first video stream includes the first data, and the second video stream includes the second data; and
a processor configured to obtain the first data and the second data, the processor is further configured to synchronize the picture-in-picture presentation of the first video stream and the second video stream using the first data and the second data to determine a relative offset between the picture-in-picture presentation of the first video stream and the second video stream, and the processor is further configured to maintain the relative offset between the first video stream and the second video stream during the picture-in-picture presentation.