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US 12,120,371 B2Granted
Video streaming authorization
AssigneePlayback Inc.
InventorsRobert Joshua Halperin, Ariel Samuel Borensztein, Thomas Anthony Berger
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Abstract
A method includes for a plurality of devices, each of the plurality of devices having access to a first video stream from at least one of a plurality of streamers of the first video stream, confirming authorization to access the first video stream from one of the plurality of streamers of the first video stream, selecting a first streamer from the plurality of the streamers, receiving the first video stream from the first streamer, transmitting the first video stream to the plurality of devices having confirmed authorization.
Claims17
A method, comprising:
- confirming for at least one user of each device of a plurality of devices, which are configured to receive a first video stream from at least one source of the first video stream, that the at least one user of the each device of the plurality of devices has a subscription to the at least one source of the first video stream using authorization information received from the at least one user of each device of the plurality of devices;
- after the confirming, receiving only the first video stream from the at least one source;
- transmitting the first video stream to the each device of the plurality of devices for which it is confirmed that the at least one user has the subscription;
- and
- transmitting a second stream to the each device of the plurality of devices for which it is confirmed that the at least one user has the subscription for synchronous display with the first video stream;
- wherein the second stream is different from the first video stream and originates from a device other than the at least one source of the first video stream;
- wherein the at least one source includes a plurality of sources and the method further comprises selecting one source from the plurality of sources for transmission of the first video stream to the each device of the plurality of devices for which it is confirmed that the at least one user has the subscription;
- wherein the selected at least one source is different from a subscribed streamer for at least one user.
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A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, the computer-readable storage medium including instructions that when executed by a computer, cause the computer to:
- confirm for at least one user of each device of a plurality of devices, which are configured to receive a first video stream from at least one source of the first video stream, that at least one user of the each device of the plurality of devices has a subscription to the at least one source of the first video stream using authorization information received from the at least one user of each device of the plurality of devices;
- after the confirming, receive only the first video stream from the at least one source;
- transmit the first video stream to the each device of the plurality of devices for which it is confirmed that the at least one user has the subscription;
- and
- transmit a second stream to the each device of the plurality of devices for which it is confirmed that the at least one user has the subscription for synchronous display with the first video stream, wherein the second stream is different from the first video stream and originates from a device other than the at least one source of the first video stream;
- wherein the at least one source includes a plurality of sources and the instructions further cause the computer to select one source from the plurality of sources for transmission of the first video stream to the each device of the plurality of devices for which it is confirmed that the at least one user has the subscription;
- wherein the selected at least one source is different from a subscribed streamer for at least one user.
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A computing apparatus comprising:
- a processor, and
- a non-transitory memory storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, configure the apparatus to:
- confirm for at least one user of each device of a plurality of devices, which are configured to receive a first video stream from at least one source of the first video stream, that at least one user of the each device of the plurality of devices has a subscription to the at least one source of the first video stream using authorization information received from the at least one user of each device of the plurality of devices;
- after the confirming, receive only the first video stream from the at least one source;
- transmit the first video stream the each device of the plurality of devices for which it is confirmed that the at least one user has the subscription;
- and
- transmit a second stream to the each device of the plurality of devices for which it is confirmed that the at least one user has the subscription for synchronous display with the first video stream, wherein the second stream is different from the first video stream and originates from a device other than the at least one source of the first video stream;
- wherein the at least one source includes a plurality of sources and the instructions further configure the apparatus to select one source from the plurality of sources for transmission of the first video stream to the each device of the plurality of devices for which it is confirmed that the at least one user has the subscription;
- wherein the selected at least one source is different from a subscribed streamer for at least one user.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.