Patent ID: 8990328
Filing Date: 2015-03-24
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A non-transitory computer-readable medium embodying a program executable in at least one computing device, comprising: code that determines a plurality of interested participants that have indicated an interest in participating in a media transmission event, the media transmission event comprising a transmission of a media item stream; code that selects a group of the plurality of interested participants to provide access to the media transmission event based at least in part on a plurality of participant profile data and a predefined group quorum required for the media transmission event, the participant profile data being associated with individual ones of the plurality of interested participants; code that transmits the media item stream to a plurality of client devices, the media item stream to be rendered on a first portion of a media player user interface on individual ones of the plurality of client devices, and the plurality of client devices being associated with the group of the plurality of interested participants; code that facilitates an interaction between the group of the plurality of interested participants by receiving a message from a particular client device of the plurality of client devices corresponding with a particular participant in the group and by sending the message to other client devices of the plurality of client devices for rendering on a second portion of the media player user interface; and code that generates a timestamp corresponding to a location of the media item stream being transmitted upon receiving the message from the particular client device.