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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:
Jun. 16, 2020

Filed:

Mar. 24, 2018
Applicant:

I4vu, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Inventors:

Dariush Hale Afshar, Campbell, CA (US);

Robert Owen Eifrig, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Scott Blair Steele, Naperville, IL (US);

Assignee:

i4Vu, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/2343 (2011.01); H04N 21/235 (2011.01); H04N 21/24 (2011.01); H04N 21/2543 (2011.01); H04N 21/262 (2011.01); H04N 21/43 (2011.01); H04N 21/435 (2011.01); H04N 21/442 (2011.01); H04N 21/278 (2011.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04N 21/258 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/278 (2013.01); H04L 65/607 (2013.01); H04L 65/80 (2013.01); H04N 21/25825 (2013.01); H04L 67/42 (2013.01);
Abstract

A control server in communication with one or more a content delivery network (CDN) node and a client device may include a client controller configured to receive a plurality of manifests from the one or more CDN defining a plurality of content segments of a master content available at the CDN, and receive client information from the client device. The control server may generate, based on the client information, synchronized manifests for each of a plurality of client device media players of the client device to control synchronous display at the client device of a plurality of programs selected at the client device.


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