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Patent No.:

US 9113216 B1

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Date of Patent:
Aug. 18, 2015

Filed:

Apr. 23, 2014
Applicant:

At&t Intellectual Property I, L.p., Atlanta, GA (US);

Inventor:

David DeLorme, Stone Mountain, GA (US);

Assignee:

AT&T INTELLECTUAL I, L.P., Atlanta, GA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/18 (2006.01); H04N 21/242 (2011.01); H04N 21/4788 (2011.01); H04N 21/431 (2011.01); H04L 12/18 (2006.01); H04N 7/14 (2006.01); H04N 21/4223 (2011.01); H04N 21/218 (2011.01); H04N 21/443 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/4788 (2013.01); H04L 12/1813 (2013.01); H04N 7/141 (2013.01); H04N 7/181 (2013.01); H04N 21/21805 (2013.01); H04N 21/242 (2013.01); H04N 21/4223 (2013.01); H04N 21/4316 (2013.01); H04N 21/4437 (2013.01);
Abstract

Implementation of a virtual service includes connecting a set top box (STB) of a first user to a STB of a second user and a STB of a third user, providing a first video of the first and second users to corresponding STBs, and providing a second video of the first and third users to corresponding STBs. The virtual service also includes displaying the first video on a device of the first user and a device of the second user simultaneously with broadcast content. The virtual service further includes displaying the second video on the device of the first user and on a device of the third user simultaneously with the broadcast content. The displaying is implemented such that the second user and the third user are unaware of the mutual connection to the set top box of the first user.


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