Patent ID: 11930057
Assignee: GROOPVIEW, INC
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 7:
8. A communal media system, comprising:
an authentication system including a processor to authenticate access to multimedia content on a plurality of user devices participating in a communal session;
an integration system including a processor to integrate and communicatively couple the communal media system with a streaming application, wherein an initiator included within the streaming application executes the communal media system within the streaming application; and
a synchronization system including a processor to:
receive a first recording from a first user device in the communal session, the first recording being generated from a first set of cameras of the first user device,
to receive social media content generated on one or more of the plurality of user devices, the social media content including a second recording generated simultaneously with the first recording on the first user device and content generated on one or more of the plurality of user devices, the second recording being generated from a second set of cameras of the first user device,
to initiate video playback on a player in the streaming application, the player being configured to transmit the first recording and the social media content to each of the plurality of user devices, and
to synchronize simultaneous delivery of the first recording, via the player, to each of the plurality of user devices except the first user device, to synchronize delivery of the second recording with the first recording received with the first user device, and to synchronize simultaneous delivery of the social media content, via the player, to each of the plurality of user devices, the first recording and the social media content being delivered to each of the plurality of user devices at a same time, without any noticeable lag time in delivery of the first recording and the social media content to each the plurality of user devices.