Patent ID: 7849145
Filing Date: 2010-12-07
Classification: G06Q,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method for providing joint viewing of contents comprising the steps of: (a) creating a joint viewing room in response to request for creating joint viewing room from a user, wherein the joint viewing room allows a plurality of users to watch the same moving pictures during substantially same time period; (b) allowing at least one other user to join said joint viewing room; (c) providing contents data to the users that joined the joint viewing room; (d) facilitating at least one chat session through which at least some of said users joined in the joint viewing room chat with each other with electronic messages; (e) transmitting current contents playing time information to at least some of the other users joined in the joint viewing room in response to request from a room master client; and (f) allowing said at least some of the other users to synchronize the contents playing time based on the contents playing time of the room master client.