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

Claim 11:
12. 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 using a media timestamp indicative of a current duration of the shared media on a secondary user device and originating from the secondary user device;
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, a second audio stream including
a first component from the first audio stream,
a second component distinct from both the first and second portions of the first audio stream;

dampening, with the primary user device, the first component of the second audio stream to create a third audio stream;
transmitting, from the primary user device, the third 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.