Patent ID: 9112623
Filing Date: 2015-08-18
Classification: H04H

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: receiving, by a first computing device from a second computing device via a network, a comment associated with content being output to a user associated with the second computing device; determining a specific time in the content based on a lag time of a signal transmitted between the first computing device and the second computing device and based on an indication of a time that the user initiated entry of the comment; correlating, by the first computing device, the comment with the specific time in the content; storing, by the first computing device, the comment, the specific time associated with the comment, and an identifier of the second computing device or the user associated with the comment; determining, by the first computing device, a plurality of contacts associated with the user; after receiving the comment, determining, by the first computing device based on the content and information regarding interests of the plurality of contacts, a subset of contacts, among the plurality of contacts, that are expected to be interested in the content; and transmitting, by the first computing device to a third computing device associated with at least one of the subset of contacts, a notification of the comment or transmitting, by the first computing device to the third computing device, the comment to cause the comment to be output to the at least one of the subset of contacts at the specific time in the content.