Synchronizing streams of co-watching digital video content while providing live digital video chat streams across multiple client devices
US11206443B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 6, 2020 |
| Grant date | Dec 21, 2021 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 6, 2040 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04N21/8456
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
This disclosure describes a video co-watching system that can efficiently, flexibly, and securely provide access to, and synchronize, co-watching digital video content across multiple participant devices while providing live digital video chat streams between the participant devices. For example, the video co-watching system can enable the participant devices to simultaneously present co-watching digital video content together with a presentation of a video chat. In addition, the video co-watching system can synchronize the co-watching digital video content at each participant device while also facilitating video chatting between the participant devices by transmitting a playback modifier signal to cause one participant device to perform a modification to the playback made at another participant device.
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