Patent ID: 11943270
Assignee: NT IP HOLDINGS, LLC
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 16:
17. A method for sharing media within a user group comprising the steps of:
rendering, with a primary user device, a visual component of the shared media, wherein the step of rendering the visual component the shared media includes reading a media timestamp from a secondary user device indicative of a current duration of the media on the secondary user device and frame skipping a number of frames of the shared media based on the media timestamp;
providing, with the primary user device, a first audio stream having a first portion from the secondary user device and a second portion from the shared media;
receiving, with the primary user device, via a microphone of the primary user device, a second audio stream;
transmitting, from the primary user device, the second audio stream;
generating, with the primary user device, a first video stream;
transmitting, with the primary user device, the first video stream;
receiving, with the primary user device, a second video stream from the secondary user device; and
rendering, with the primary user device, the second video stream, wherein the step of rendering the second video stream obscures a portion of the visual component of the shared media.