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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:
Nov. 21, 2017

Filed:

Nov. 12, 2013
Applicant:

Verizon and Redbox Digital Entertainment Services, Llc, Basking Ridge, NJ (US);

Inventors:

Jianxiu Hao, Acton, MA (US);

Gaurav A. Tanna, Brighton, MA (US);

Gaurav D. Mehta, Brookline, MA (US);

Ishan Awasthi, Wilmington, MA (US);

Gong Zhang, Waltham, MA (US);

Fred Scheer, Bradford, MA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 29/06 (2006.01); G06F 15/16 (2006.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 65/60 (2013.01); H04L 65/1069 (2013.01); H04L 65/1093 (2013.01); H04L 65/403 (2013.01); H04L 65/4084 (2013.01); H04L 67/30 (2013.01); H04L 67/42 (2013.01);
Abstract

A device may receive a request to establish a virtual theater. The device may provide, to multiple user devices, information regarding a transaction and one or more playback options for the virtual theater. The transaction may relate to establishing the virtual theater. The device may receive, from the multiple user devices, playback preference information based on the one or more playback options. The device may establish the virtual theater based on receiving the playback preference information and based on providing the information regarding the transaction. The device may provide, to the multiple of user devices, media content via the virtual theater based on the playback preference information.


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