Patent ID: 8549575
Filing Date: 2013-10-01
Classification: G06Q,H04L,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method of providing multimedia content, comprising: determining, by an application server, a temporal difference between two streams, the two streams including a first stream of a multimedia content program and a second stream of the multimedia content program, the first stream being provided to a first multimedia processing resource and the second stream being provided to a second multimedia processing resource wherein the temporal difference indicates a difference between a first timestamp associated with a selected frame in the first stream and a second timestamp associated with the selected frame in the second stream; selecting multimedia content, wherein the duration of the multimedia content is determined in part by the temporal difference; manipulating the first stream to reduce the temporal difference, wherein the manipulating the first stream includes adding the selected multimedia content to the first stream until the temporal difference is less than a predetermined threshold; enabling a viewer of the first stream to exchange communications with a viewer of the second stream regarding the multimedia content program; and enabling the first multimedia processing resource to display contemporaneously, on a display screen associated with the first multimedia processing resource: