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SYSTEM AND METHOD OF DISTRIBUTING MULTIMEDIA CONTENT

  • US 20100287586A1
  • Filed: 07/21/2010
  • Published: 11/11/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/25/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method, comprising:

  • receiving, at a first server, data from a set-top box device including login information for a user to establish a first session with a multimedia distribution system;

    determining at the first server that the user belongs to at least one presence group when the login information is verified;

    identifying, at the first server, one or more on-line members that are members of the at least one presence group and have established sessions with the multimedia distribution system; and

    sending information from the first server to the set-top box device, the information corresponding to session activity of each of the one or more on-line members, wherein the information includes video content selected by a user of a particular set-top box corresponding to one of the one or more on-line members, and wherein the video content is concurrently sent to the particular set-top box device.

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