Patent ID: 9736538
Date: 2017-08-15
CPC Classifications: H04N

Claim:
1. A method, comprising: receiving a first request for an item of content; sending, responsive to the first request, via a network, at least a first portion of the item of content in a first transmission session with at least a first device; receiving a second request for the item of content from a second device during the first transmission session; adding, responsive to the second request, the second device to the first transmission session; sending a second portion of the item of content in the first transmission session to the second device while sending the second portion of the item of content in the first transmission session to the first device; receiving, from the first device during the first transmission session, a trick-play command that affects a playback position within the item of content for the first device; removing, responsive to the trick-play command, the first device from the first transmission session and initiating a second transmission session, different from the first transmission session, with the first device; and sending, via the network, at least a third portion of the item of content in the second transmission session while continuing to send, via the network, the at least the second portion of the item of content in the first transmission session.