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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 29, 2010
Robin Montague Mathews, Westford, MA (US);
Samuel O. Akiwumi-assani, Beacon, NY (US);
Tushar Saxena, Lexington, MA (US);
Robin Montague Mathews, Westford, MA (US);
Samuel O. Akiwumi-Assani, Beacon, NY (US);
Tushar Saxena, Lexington, MA (US);
Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Abstract
A system may include a client and a home media server in communication with the client. The home media server may be configured to receive a request for media content from the client; determine content restrictions associated with the client; discover at least one other home media server; receive content listings of media content from the at least one other home media server; aggregate the received content listings to create a unified content listing including instances of media content stored on multiple home media servers; filter the unified content listing according to the content restrictions; and send the filtered unified content listing to the client.