Patent ID: 8583555

Claim:
A method comprising: receiving a first media content stream for a first playback device and a second media content stream for a second playback device, the first media content stream being different from the second media content stream, the first and second media content streams having content breaks therein; synchronizing each of the content breaks in the first and second media content streams such that the first media content stream is synchronized with the second media content stream; generating timing rights for the first and second synchronized media content streams to restrict playback of the first and second synchronized media content streams such that the first and second synchronized media content streams are synchronized during playback; encoding each of the first and second synchronized media content streams to provide a first encoded synchronized media content stream and a second encoded synchronized media content stream; providing the first encoded synchronized media content stream and the timing rights for the first and second synchronized media content streams to the first playback device; and providing the second encoded synchronized media content stream and the timing rights for the first and second synchronized media content streams to the second playback device.