Patent ID: 7996566
Filing Date: 2011-08-09
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A method for facilitating media sharing comprising: generating a uniform resource locator (URL) for a media sharing session in which selected media is to be shared by a plurality of participants; providing the URL to the plurality of participants; for each of the plurality of media participants; interacting with the media terminals for initiating playback control and presentation of the selected media by the media terminals to the plurality of participants during the media sharing session; systematically calculating and comparing a current frame of the selected media displayed at each of the media terminals to determine a leading playback position of a leading media terminal, the current frame at least partially determined by a round trip delay associated with sending a message to each of the media terminals; and incrementally offsetting a playback position of at least one media terminal to substantially synchronize presentation of the selected media with the leading playback position.