Invention Grant
- Patent Title: System and method for interactive remote movie watching, scheduling, and social connection
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Application No.: US15583591Application Date: 2017-05-01
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Publication No.: US09973822B2Publication Date: 2018-05-15
- Inventor: Abraham Chee Shun Wong , Alyson Elise Grove , Eugene M. Lee , Stephanie Anne Simard
- Applicant: Paramount Pictures Corporation
- Applicant Address: US CA Los Angeles
- Assignee: Paramount Pictures Corporation
- Current Assignee: Paramount Pictures Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Los Angeles
- Agency: Baker & McKenzie LLP
- Main IPC: G06F15/16
- IPC: G06F15/16 ; H04N21/4788 ; G06F21/10 ; H04L29/08 ; A63F13/30 ; H04N21/00 ; H04L29/06 ; H04N21/472 ; A63F13/352 ; G06F17/30 ; H04L12/58 ; H04N21/262 ; H04N21/478 ; G06Q50/00

Abstract:
Disclosed is a media sharing system that provides shared experiencing of licensed media content such as movies. The system includes a web server that communicates with multiple client devices over the internet whereby a user's multiple social contacts can participate in a synchronized stream of licensed media content such as movies. The system is able to schedule the multi-user experiencing of the licensed media content and further synchronize the streaming of the licensed content so the participating users receiving the media streams in a substantially synchronized manner. The system still further provides for social content interaction amongst the multiple recipients so that the multiple users can interact in a time-contextual manner consistent with the substantially synchronized receipt of the licensed media content.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170238058A1 System and Method for Interactive Remote Movie Watching, Scheduling, and Social Connection Public/Granted day:2017-08-17
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