Patent ID: 9245020
Filing Date: 2016-01-26
CPC Classification: G06F,H04L,H04N

Claim Text:
1. A method performed by one or more computers to implement a network service, the method of the network service comprising: storing and maintaining a set of media parties, each media party comprising a respective queue of media items and a respective group of participants able to participate with instances of a user interface provided at least in part by the network service; for each of the media parties, storing a respective history of media items played, each media party having a respective history of media items played therefor, each history of media items continuing to be stored after the corresponding media items indicated therein have been played from the corresponding queues; and wherein each user interface comprises a search element, wherein when a user inputs a search in the search element of a first user interface corresponding to the given media party, a new media item is selected from a corresponding media search result provided by a social search engine, and the new media item is added to the media queue of the given media party, the social search engine allowing social sharing of searches among users of the social search engine, wherein the social search engine shares the search inputted by the user with other users of the social search engine.