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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 02, 2013
Filed:
Jan. 27, 2010
Gregory M. Evans, Raleigh, NC (US);
Scott Curtis, Durham, NC (US);
Kunal Kandekar, Jersey City, NJ (US);
Ravi Reddy Katpelly, Durham, NC (US);
Gregory M. Evans, Raleigh, NC (US);
Scott Curtis, Durham, NC (US);
Kunal Kandekar, Jersey City, NJ (US);
Ravi Reddy Katpelly, Durham, NC (US);
Novara Technology, LLC, Portsmouth, NH (US);
Abstract
The present disclosure relates to a Wide Area Network (WAN) based home theater system. In one embodiment, a home theater at a subscriber premises includes multiple home theater components, which include multiple audio playback components and a video playback component. Each home theater component is enabled to receive data from and send data to a virtualized home theater service via a WAN. In operation, each home theater component receives an appropriate media content stream for the home theater component from the virtualized home theater service via the WAN and provides playback of the media content stream according to the absolute playback timestamps for the media content stream.