Patent ID: 9736203
Date: 2017-08-15
CPC Classifications: H04L

Claim:
1. A method for virtual social colocation, comprising: communicatively connecting at least two first end points, at least one second end point and a virtual social colocation service (VSCS) via a communication network, wherein each of the at least two first end points comprises a virtual social colocation application (VSCA), wherein the at least two first end points include end points of first users who are virtually colocated for collaboration, and wherein the at least one second end point includes an end point of at least one second user, wherein the at least one second user comprises an audience; bridging, on one of the at least two first end points, of digital content and audio and/or video streams originating from the one of the at least two first end points and incoming audio and/or video streams from remaining first end points via the communication network by the VSCA residing in the one of the at least two first end points; creating one or more first integrated audio and/or video streams and a second integrated audio and/or video stream based on the digital content and the audio and/or video streams originating from the one of the at least two first end points and the incoming audio and/or video streams from at least one of the remaining first end points by the VSCA in the one of the at least two first end points, wherein creating the one or more first integrated audio and/or video streams and the second integrated audio and/or video stream by the VSCA in the one of the at least two first end points comprises: sending the one or more first integrated audio and/or video streams to the remaining first end points to enable interaction between the at least two first end points and the second integrated audio and/or video stream to the VSCS by the VSCA in the one of the at least two first end points via the communication network; and broadcasting, by the VSCS, the second integrated audio and/or video stream to the at least one second end point for viewing and/or listening via the communication network, wherein the one or more first integrated audio and/or video streams and the second integrated audio and/or video stream are simultaneously sent to the remaining first end points and the VSCS, respectively.