Patent ID: 9668022
Date: 2017-05-30
CPC Classifications: H04L,H04N

Claim:
1. A method comprising: maintaining, by one or more processors, a plurality of queues among which each queue corresponds to a different subscriber among a plurality of subscribers, each queue being a list of multiple media identifiers that identify multiple media items selected by a corresponding subscriber of the plurality of subscribers, every queue including a common media identifier present in all of the queues, the common media identifier identifying a common media item selected by every subscriber of the plurality of subscribers; scheduling, by the one or more processors, delivery of the common media item to the plurality of subscribers based on a total number of queues in the plurality of queues; and communicating a notification via a network to a subscriber device of each of the plurality of subscribers of a time at which the scheduled delivery of the common media item is scheduled to occur.