Apparatus and Method for Managing Media Content Delivery for Multiple Communication Devices

A machine-readable storage medium comprising executable instructions that, when executed by a processing system including a processor, perform operations, the operations comprising:

• requesting coordination information from each communication device in a coordination group, wherein the coordination group comprises a plurality of communication devices utilized by a user which are to have settings coordinated, wherein respective coordination information is directed to types of coordination to be applied to each communication device, wherein the types of coordination comprise selection of a media channel, and wherein each of the communication devices of the coordination group is included in the coordination group upon a powering-up of a respective communication device;
• receiving first adjustment data representative of a first adjustment made to a first communication device of the coordination group, the first adjustment associated with presentation of media content by the first communication device, the first adjustment associated with changing at the first communication device from a first media channel that had been previously viewed by the user at the first communication device to a second media channel that is subsequently viewed by the user at the first communication device;
• determining a second adjustment to be made to a second communication device of the coordination group, the second adjustment associated with presentation of the media content by the second communication device, the second adjustment associated with changing at the second communication device to the second media channel indicated by the first adjustment data;
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• transmitting second adjustment data representative of the second adjustment to the second communication device to enable the second communication device to perform the second adjustment upon powering-up of the second communication device.

A method, comprising:

• obtaining, by a processing system including a processor, coordination information from each communication device in a coordination group, wherein the coordination information identifies types of coordination to be applied to each communication device in the coordination group, wherein the types of coordination comprise selection of a media channel, wherein the coordination group comprises a plurality of communication devices utilized by a user which are to have settings coordinated, and wherein each of the communication devices of the coordination group is included in the coordination group upon a powering-up of a respective communication device;
• receiving, by the processing system, first adjustment information that represents a first adjustment made to a first communication device of the coordination group, wherein the first adjustment is associated with presentation of media content by the first communication device, and wherein the first adjustment is associated with changing from a previously viewed media channel at the first communication device to a subsequently viewed media channel at the first communication device;
• determining, by the processing system, a second adjustment that is to be made to a second communication device of the coordination group, wherein the second adjustment is associated with presentation of the media content by the second communication device, and wherein the second adjustment is associated with changing at the second communication device to the subsequently viewed media channel that is indicated by the first adjustment information;
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• sending, by the processing system, second adjustment information that represents the second adjustment to the second communication device to facilitate the second communication device being able to perform the second adjustment upon powering-up of the second communication device.