Patent ID: 8826350
Filing Date: 2014-09-02
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: receiving, at a processing device operating in a head-end, a request for a group Video On Demand (VOD) conferencing session from a first user terminal identifying media content for broadcasting to a group of user terminals during the group VOD conferencing session, and wherein the request for a group VOD conferencing session identifies contact information for the first user terminal, a second user terminal, and a third user terminal; sending, by the processing device, a notification to the first user terminal, the second user terminal, and the third user terminal in response to the request for a group VOD conferencing session; receiving, by the processing device, conferencing data comprising first communication data from the first user terminal, second communication data from the second user terminal, and third communication data from the third user terminal in response to the notification; initiating, by the processing device, the group VOD conferencing session in response to the request for a group VOD conferencing session, wherein initiating the group of VOD conferencing session comprises starting playing of the media content and generating a first media stream, a second media stream, and a third media stream, wherein: the first media stream comprises the media content, the second communication data, the third communication data, and the first media stream does not comprise the first communication data, the second media stream comprises the media content, the first communication data, the third communication data, and the second media stream does not comprise the second communication data, and the third media stream comprises the media content, the first communication data, the second communication data, and the third media stream does not comprise the third communication data; and concurrently sending, by the processing device, the first media stream to the first user terminal, the second media stream to the second user terminal, and the third media stream to the third user terminal.