Patent ID: 9252950
Filing Date: 2016-02-02
CPC Classification: H04L,H04N

Claim Text:
1. A method for establishing a synchronized interactive multimedia communication among a plurality of users, comprising: at a first device connected to a computer network: creating one or more first profiles corresponding to at least one second user by a first user of the first device, wherein the at least one second user is associated with one or more second devices; generating a first key for authenticating the synchronized interactive multimedia communication with the at least one second user, wherein the first key is generated based on one or more first parameters provided by the first user, wherein the one or more first parameters comprises at least one of a program type(s), a specific program name, and rating of the allowed programs on the first device; presenting the first key to the at least one second user; pairing the first key and a second key together to establish the synchronized interactive multimedia communication; and transmitting information to the at least one second user by the first device; at one or more second devices connected to the computer network: creating one or more second profiles corresponding to the first user by the at least one second user; generating the second key for authenticating the synchronized interactive multimedia communication, wherein the second key is generated based on one or more second parameters provided by the at least one second user, wherein the one or more second parameters comprises at least one of a program type(s), a specific program name, and rating of the allowed programs on the one or more second devices; presenting the second key to the first user for establishing the synchronized interactive multimedia communication; pairing the first key and the second key together to establish the synchronized interactive multimedia communication between the first user and the at least one second user, wherein the synchronized interactive multimedia communication is performed along with the presentation of a multimedia content and: displaying at the one or more second devices associated with the at least one second user a message corresponding to the information received from the first device.