Patent ID: 7574474
Filing Date: 2009-08-11
Classification: H04L,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method for communicating amongst a plurality of user terminals, the method comprising: selecting at least one multimedia presentation on a first user terminal by a first user; transmitting information corresponding to the at least one multimedia presentation to at least a second user terminal of the plurality of user terminals; capturing continuous media streams from the first user and transmitting the media streams to the at least second user terminal; receiving information by the first terminal corresponding to at least one other multimedia presentation from the at least second user terminal; receiving captured continuous media streams by the first terminal from the at least second user terminal; coordinating presentation of the at least one multimedia presentation on the first user terminal with presentation of the at least one multimedia presentation on the at least second user terminal; coordinating presentation of the captured media streams on the at least second user terminal with the capturing of said streams by the first user terminal and presentation of the at least one multimedia presentation on the at least second user terminal; dynamically controlling the priority of the presentation of the at least one multimedia presentation and the at least one other multimedia presentation on the first user terminal based on a profile of the first user terminal; dynamically controlling the priority of the presentation of the at least one multimedia presentation and the at least one other multimedia presentation on the second user terminal based on a profile of the second user terminal; and displaying the at least one multimedia presentation or the at least one other multimedia presentation on the first user terminal and the second user terminal based on the respective profile.