Patent ID: 9226013
Filing Date: 2015-12-29
Classification: H04L,H04N

Abstract:
1. A system comprising: a multimedia queue manager implemented in a computer-readable medium and to execute on a processing device; and a plurality of queues implemented in a computer-readable medium, the multimedia queue manager being configured to manage the plurality of queues, each queue within the plurality of queues being configured to store metadata that include identifiers of selected multimedia items that have been selected by a different subscriber among a group of subscribers, each queue within the plurality of queues being a different list of identifiers for a different subscriber among the group of subscribers, the multimedia queue manager being configured to schedule a delivery of a common multimedia item whose identifier is stored in each queue within the plurality of queues to a group of devices associated with the group of subscribers, the delivery of the common multimedia item to the group of devices being scheduled based on a number of subscribers in the group of subscribers whose queues each store the identifier of the common multimedia item, the multimedia queue manager being configured to notify the group of devices associated with the group of subscribers as to when the scheduled delivery of the common media item is to occur.