Patent ID: 8230458

Claim:
A method of providing video content commentary, the method comprising: sending video content to a first set-top box device at a first time, the first set-top box device associated with a first subscriber; receiving data at the server, the data corresponding to a comment submitted by the first subscriber, wherein the comment is associated with a particular portion of the video content; sending the video content to a second set-top box device at a second time, the second set-top box device associated with a second subscriber; determining, at the server, that the video content is not being synchronously played via the first set-top box device and the second set-top box device; storing the data corresponding to the comment submitted by the first subscriber at the server conditioned on the determination that the video content is not being synchronously played via the first set-top box device and the second set-top box device; receiving a request at the server from the set-top box device for the video content associated with the comment submitted by the first subscriber; and sending the video content to the second set-top box device after receiving the request, wherein the video content that is sent includes the comment submitted by the first subscriber inserted at the particular portion of the video content.