MULTI-POINT DIGITAL VIDEO RECORDER FOR INTERNET-DELIVERED TELEVISION PROGRAMMING
First Claim
1. A method for sharing a content viewing experience among geographically separated users in a network-based content delivery system, comprising:
- distributing, by one or more servers, an invitation to view a common audio-video content item to individual clients of a plurality of geographically separated participants in the content viewing experience, wherein the invitation includes a description of the common audio-video content item, a time the common audio-video content item is available for distribution, and means for accepting the invitation;
upon receipt of an acceptance of the invitation, distributing by the one or more servers, during the time the common audio-video content item is available for viewing, the common audio-video content item to each of said individual clients of participants that accepted the invitation; and
playing, at each of said individual clients of participants that accepted the invitation, the common audio-video content item under the common control of one of the clients.
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Abstract
Methods, systems, and apparatus for sharing a content viewing experience among geographically separated participants. An invitation to view a common audio-video content item may be distributed to a plurality of individual clients of geographically separated participants in the content viewing experience. The invitation may include, for example, a description of the common audio-video content item, a time the common audio-video content item is available for distribution, means for accepting the invitation, and/or a comment. When an acceptance of the invitation is received, the common audio-video content item may be distributed to the individual clients of participants that accepted the invitation during the time the common audio-video content item is available for viewing. The individual clients of participants that accepted the invitation may then play the common audio-video content item under the common control of one of the clients.
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28 Claims
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1. A method for sharing a content viewing experience among geographically separated users in a network-based content delivery system, comprising:
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distributing, by one or more servers, an invitation to view a common audio-video content item to individual clients of a plurality of geographically separated participants in the content viewing experience, wherein the invitation includes a description of the common audio-video content item, a time the common audio-video content item is available for distribution, and means for accepting the invitation; upon receipt of an acceptance of the invitation, distributing by the one or more servers, during the time the common audio-video content item is available for viewing, the common audio-video content item to each of said individual clients of participants that accepted the invitation; and playing, at each of said individual clients of participants that accepted the invitation, the common audio-video content item under the common control of one of the clients. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A system for sharing a content viewing experience among geographically separated participants in a network-based content delivery system, comprising:
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a server configured to distribute an invitation to view a common audio-video content item to individual clients of a plurality of geographically separated participants in the content viewing experience, wherein the invitation includes a description of the common audio-video content item, a time the common audio-video content item is available for distribution, and means for accepting the invitation, receive an acceptance of the invitation, and distribute, during the time the common audio-video content item is available for viewing, the common audio-video content item to each of said individual clients of participants that accepted the invitation; and the individual clients communicatively coupled to the server and configured to receive the invitation from the server, accept the invitation, receive the common audio-video content item from the server, and play the common audio-video content item. - View Dependent Claims (26)
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27. An apparatus for sharing a content viewing experience among geographically separated participants in a network-based content delivery system, said apparatus comprising means for distributing an invitation to view a common audio-video content item to individual clients of a plurality of geographically separated participants in the content viewing experience, wherein the invitation includes a description of the common audio-video content item, a time the common audio-video content item is available for distribution, and means for accepting the invitation;
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upon receipt of an acceptance of the invitation, distributing, during the time the common audio-video content item is available for viewing, the common audio-video content item to each of said individual clients of participants that accepted the invitation. - View Dependent Claims (28)
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