Method and system for providing joint viewing service of moving picture
US7849145B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 27, 2005 |
| Grant date | Dec 7, 2010 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 31, 2027 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04N21/6405
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Disclose is a method and system enabling joint viewing of moving picture while chatting. In order to match the screen being played and chatting message, a method for synchronizing contents playing times for the contents being played is further disclosed. A room master client among user clients joined the joint viewing room receives buffering state information from all clients in joint viewing and transmits playback start message to the clients in joint viewing according to the buffering state information. After contents playback is started, the room master client provides information on current contents playing time to the other user clients periodically, and the other clients synchronize contents playing times based on the current contents playing time of the room master client.
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