Patent ID: 7426537
Filing Date: 2008-09-16
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method for providing a shared dynamic content experience, the method comprising: determining from an online message service whether an online co-user account is currently active; retrieving from the online message service, an address associated with an invitee computer associated with the online co-user account; establishing a communication path between an inviter computer and the invitee computer; communicating, via the communication path to the invitee computer, information relating to a dynamic content experience at the inviter computer; receiving via the communication path, information relating to a current audio experience at the inviter computer, wherein the information relating to the current audio experience at the inviter computer comprises information that pertains to utilizing a playlist with a link to each of a plurality of tracks, each track comprising a digital audio file resident on the inviter computer; receiving a selection of one of the plurality of tracks by way of a selection of the corresponding link in the playlist; and transcoding the audio file of the selected track at the inviter computer in accordance with information relating to the communication path, and only if one of (a) the audio file is not protected by a rights-management system at the inviter computer and (b) the audio file is protected by a rights-management system at the inviter computer and the rights-management system determines that the audio file can be transcoded, the transcoding comprising converting at least one of a format and a sampling rate of the audio file into a format and/or sampling rate that is efficient for transmission via the communications path.