Patent ID: 9002940
Filing Date: 2015-04-07
Classification: G06F,G06Q,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: by one or more computing devices of a social-networking system, receiving from a first user an indication that a first media session has been initiated by the first user; by the one or more computing devices, providing a reference comprising an indication that the first media session has been initiated by the first user to a plurality of second users of the social-networking system; by the one or more computing devices, receiving a request from one or more second users to participate in the first media session; by the one or more computing devices, facilitating provision of a second media session for the one or more second users that is synchronized with the first media session, wherein the first media session has progressed to a particular point in time of a media item of the first media session, and the second media session is initiated at the particular point in time; and by the one or more computing devices, in response to facilitating provision of the second media session sending to the first user an indication that the second media session has been initiated by the one or more second users.