Patent ID: 11936697
Assignee: DISH TECHNOLOGIES L.L.C.
Field: IT methods for management (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  G | IPC G  H

Claim 8:
9. A non-transitory computer-readable medium bearing software instructions configured to cause a processor of a computer server system providing a media player to perform steps, the steps comprising:
streaming, by the media player, a media content to a first user device via a network;
streaming, by the media player, the media content to a second user device via the network;
determining, by the computer server system and based on a common interest related to the media content and shared by a first user of the first user device and a second user of the second user device, to provide a mechanism to connect to a first social media site to the first user and the second user, wherein the mechanism comprises a user interface component; and
providing, by the computer server system and to the first and second user devices, the mechanism to connect to the first social media site, wherein the first social media site includes the streamed media content, a social media stream from a second social media site external to the first social media site, and an interaction region for the first user device and the second user device to interactively share comments in real time, wherein the media content is broadcast from a media source.