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

Claim 0:
1. A method for coviewing media comprising:
receiving, at a primary user device, a reference to media stored on an external media network;
sending the reference to a chat server from the primary user device;
in response to the sending the reference to the chat server from the primary user device step, receiving, from the chat server, a timestamp indicative of a current duration of the media on a secondary user device as of the sending the reference to the chat server from the primary user device step;
receiving a media audio signal and a media video signal from the external media network based upon the received timestamp;
receiving a chat audio signal from the chat server;
processing the chat audio signal, the media audio signal, and the media video signal into a combined output stream;
playing the combined output stream at the primary user device;
recording, at the primary user device, a recording stream that includes a portion of the combined output stream;
dampening the portion of the combined output stream from the recording stream to form a transmission stream; and
transmitting the transmission stream to the chat server.