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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Apr. 07, 2020

Filed:

Feb. 13, 2015
Applicant:

Piksel, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US);

Inventors:

Philip Antony Shaw, York, GB;

Ralf Wilhelm Tillmann, Mannheim, DE;

Andrew David Gayter, Bourne End, GB;

Assignee:

PIKSEL, INC., Wilmington, DE (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/466 (2011.01); H04N 21/45 (2011.01); H04N 21/4223 (2011.01); H04N 21/422 (2011.01); H04N 21/462 (2011.01); H04N 21/488 (2011.01); H04N 21/81 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/4661 (2013.01); H04N 21/4223 (2013.01); H04N 21/42201 (2013.01); H04N 21/4532 (2013.01); H04N 21/4622 (2013.01); H04N 21/4667 (2013.01); H04N 21/4884 (2013.01); H04N 21/8106 (2013.01);
Abstract

A computer implemented method of controlling delivery of content to one or more media consuming devices associated with a group of consumers, the method comprising: receiving identification information of each consumer of the group of consumers; identifying each consumer of the group of consumers based on the received identification information; querying a data store to determine characteristics of each of said identified consumers; and controlling the delivery of the content to at least one of said one or more media consuming devices based on the determined characteristics of at least one consumer of the group of consumers, wherein each consumer in the group has an association link with all other consumers in the group, and wherein the content which is delivered is delivered to all consumers in the group.


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