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Patent Number
Patent Inventor Names
Gregory M. Evans0
Alfredo C. Issa0
Christopher M. Amidon0
Date of Patent
September 28, 2010
0Patent Application Number
118315060
Date Filed
July 31, 2007
0Patent Primary Examiner
Patent abstract
A system and method are provided for synchronizing playback of media content on multiple playback devices utilizing Digital Rights Management (DRM) encoding. In general, multiple playback devices or users of those playback devices are associated to form a virtual group. A virtual group (VG) control function operates to synchronize advertisement (ad) slots within media content provided to the playback devices in the virtual group utilizing DRM encoding.
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