Patent Publication Number: US-10778742-B2

Title: System and method for sharing multimedia content with synched playback controls

Description:
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS/INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE 
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     FIELD 
     Various embodiments of the disclosure relate a system and method for data communication. More specifically, various embodiments of the disclosure relate to a system and method for sharing of multimedia content with synched playback controls. 
     BACKGROUND 
     With advancements in social networking and communication technologies, sharing of multimedia content has become quite popular among users. Typically, a user (a sender) of an electronic device, may share multimedia content stored on the electronic device with a remote electronic device of another user (a recipient), over a communication network. In certain scenarios, both the sender and the recipient may wish to listen to similar music beats or view similar scenes of the multimedia content. In such scenarios, synchronous playback of the shared multimedia content at multiple electronic devices over a network may be desirable for a captivating and enhanced user experience. 
     Further limitations and disadvantages of conventional and traditional approaches will become apparent to one of skill in the art, through comparison of described systems with some aspects of the present disclosure, as set forth in the remainder of the present application and with reference to the drawings. 
     SUMMARY 
     A system and method for sharing multimedia content with synched playback controls is provided substantially as shown in, and/or described in connection with, at least one of the figures, as set forth more completely in the claims. 
     These and other features and advantages of the present disclosure may be appreciated from a review of the following detailed description of the present disclosure, along with the accompanying figures in which like reference numerals refer to like parts throughout. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 
         FIG. 1  is a block diagram that illustrates an exemplary network environment for sharing multimedia content, in accordance with an embodiment of the disclosure. 
         FIG. 2  is a block diagram that illustrates an exemplary electronic device, in accordance with an embodiment of the disclosure. 
         FIGS. 3A, 3B, 3C, and 3D , collectively, illustrate a first exemplary scenario for implementation of the disclosed system and method for sharing multimedia content with synched playback controls, in accordance with an embodiment of the disclosure. 
         FIG. 4A  illustrates a second exemplary scenario for implementation of the disclosed system and method for sharing multimedia content with synched playback controls, in accordance with an embodiment of the disclosure. 
         FIG. 4B  illustrates a third exemplary scenario for implementation of the disclosed system and method for sharing multimedia content with synched playback controls, in accordance with an embodiment of the disclosure. 
         FIG. 4C  illustrates a fourth exemplary scenario for implementation of the disclosed system and method for sharing multimedia content with synched playback controls, in accordance with an embodiment of the disclosure. 
         FIG. 4D  illustrates a fifth exemplary scenario for implementation of the disclosed system and method for sharing multimedia content with synched playback controls, in accordance with an embodiment of the disclosure. 
         FIGS. 5A and 5B , collectively, depict a flow chart that illustrates an exemplary method for sharing multimedia content with synched playback controls, in accordance with an embodiment of the disclosure. 
     
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION 
     The following described implementations may be found in the disclosed system and method for sharing multimedia content with synched playback controls. Exemplary aspects of the disclosure may include a first electronic device that may receive an input to enable selection of a multimedia content item on the first electronic device. The first electronic device may communicate the selected multimedia content item to a second electronic device along with playback controls. The first electronic device may control playback of the selected multimedia content item at the first electronic device and the second electronic device. The playback may be controlled such that a current playback time of the selected multimedia content item may be in sync at the first electronic device and the second electronic device during the playback. The first electronic device may control playback of the selected multimedia content based on synching of the communicated playback controls. 
     In accordance with an embodiment, the first electronic device and the second electronic device may correspond to a smartphone, a tablet device, a wearable device, and/or a speaker system. The first electronic device and the second electronic device may further correspond to a camera, a smart glass, a television, a computing device, and/or an Internet-of-Things (IoT) device. The multimedia content item may be an audio, such as a two dimensional ( 2 D) audio, a three dimensional ( 3 D) audio, a surround sound audio, and/or a video, such as a  2 D,  3 D, an Ultra high-definition (ultra HD) video, or a  4 K video. The second electronic device may be configured to control playback of the multimedia content item in the first electronic device based on the playback controls received by the second electronic device from the first electronic device. 
     In accordance with an embodiment, the communication of the selected multimedia content item and the synching of the communicated playback controls may be performed, via different communication channels. Alternatively, the communication of the selected multimedia content item and the synching of the communicated playback controls may be performed, via a same communication channel. The multimedia content item communicated to the second electronic device may be sourced from a multimedia streaming server or a local storage device of the first electronic device. 
     In accordance with an embodiment, the multimedia content item may be streamed from a primary buffer of the first electronic device to the second electronic device. The streamed multimedia content item may be cached at a corresponding primary buffer of the second electronic device for a continuous synching of the communicated playback controls during the playback. The first electronic device may be configured to establish a new session with a third electronic device to receive another multimedia content item from the third electronic device while simultaneously streaming multimedia content item from the primary buffer. The other multimedia content stream may be stored in a secondary buffer when the primary buffer is engaged in the first electronic device. 
     In accordance with an embodiment, the first electronic device may be configured to schedule the communication of the multimedia content item together with the playback controls to the second electronic device from a content streaming server. The scheduled communication of the multimedia content item may be based on a time of day, a date, and/or a user-defined trigger mechanism to initiate communication to the second electronic device. In accordance with an embodiment, the first electronic device may be configured to transfer an ownership right to the second electronic device. The ownership right may be transferred to control a further communication of the received multimedia control item to the third electronic device. 
     In accordance with an embodiment, the first electronic device may be configured to generate an interface to enable a social interaction with a plurality of electronic devices connected in a session. The social interaction among the plurality of electronic devices and the playback of the selected multimedia content item at the plurality of electronic devices may occur simultaneously. The first electronic device may be configured to display all connected electronic devices of the plurality of electronic devices on the generated interface during the playback of the communicated multimedia content item in the session. 
       FIG. 1  is a block diagram that illustrates an exemplary network environment for sharing multimedia content with synched playback controls, in accordance with an embodiment of the disclosure. With reference to  FIG. 1 , there is shown a network environment  100 . The network environment  100  may include a plurality of electronic devices  102 , such as a first electronic device  102   a , a second electronic device  102   b , and a third electronic device  102   c . There is further shown a multimedia streaming server  104 , a communication network  106 , and a plurality of users, such as a first user  108   a , a second user  108   b , and a third user  108   c . The first electronic device  102   a  may include a primary buffer  110   a  and a secondary buffer  110   b . The second electronic device  102   b  may similarly include a primary buffer  112   a  and a secondary buffer  112   b . The third electronic device  102   c  may also include a primary buffer  114   a  and a secondary buffer  114   b . The first electronic device  102   a , the second electronic device  102   b , and the third electronic device  102   c , of the plurality of electronic devices  102 , may be communicatively coupled with each other and the multimedia streaming server  104 , via the communication network  106 . 
     The plurality of electronic devices  102  may include the first electronic device  102   a , the second electronic device  102   b , and/or the third electronic device  102   c . The first electronic device  102   a  may comprise suitable circuitry, interfaces, and/or code that may be configured to communicate multimedia content items to the second electronic device  102   b  and/or the third electronic device  102   c . Thus, the first electronic device  102   a  may correspond to a multimedia content output device. The second electronic device  102   b  and the third electronic device  102   c  may be similar to the first electronic device  102   a . Examples of the plurality of electronic devices  102  may include, but are not limited to, a smartphone, a tablet device, a wearable device, a speaker system, a camera, a smart glass, a television, a computing device, a multimedia output device, a projector, an augmented-reality device, a virtual-reality device, an audio recording device, a video recording device, and/or an Internet-of-Things (IoT) device. 
     The multimedia streaming server  104  may comprise suitable circuitry, interfaces, and/or code that may be configured to stream the multimedia content items to the various electronic devices from the plurality of electronic devices  102 . Examples of the multimedia streaming server  104  may include, but not limited to, a database server, a web server, a file server, a media server, a communication server, an audio or video streaming server, other content management servers, and/or a combination thereof. 
     The communication network  106  may include a medium through which the plurality of electronic devices  102  may be communicatively connected with each other and the multimedia streaming server  104 . Examples of the communication network  106  may include, but are not limited to, the Internet, a cloud network, a Wireless Fidelity (Wi-Fi) network, a Local Area Network (LAN), wireless WAN and/or a Metropolitan Area Network (MAN). Various devices in the network environment  100  may be configured to connect to the communication network  106 , in accordance with various wired and wireless communication protocols. Examples of such wired and wireless communication protocols may include, but are not limited to, Transmission Control Protocol and Internet Protocol (TCP/IP), User Datagram Protocol (UDP), Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP), File Transfer Protocol (FTP), ZigBee, EDGE, IEEE 802.11, light fidelity (Li-Fi), 802.16, IEEE 802.11s, IEEE 802.11g, multi-hop communication, wireless access point (AP), device to device communication, cellular communication protocols, and/or Bluetooth (BT) communication protocols. 
     The primary buffer  110   a  and the secondary buffer  110   b  may correspond to a cache memory. The first electronic device  102   a  may be configured to temporarily store the multimedia content items in the primary buffer  110   a  and the secondary buffer  110   b  for streaming purposes. The primary buffer  112   a , the secondary buffer  112   b , the primary buffer  114   a , and the secondary buffer  114   b  may be similar to the primary buffer  110   a  and/or the secondary buffer  110   b . Examples of the primary buffer  110   a  and/or the secondary buffer  110   b  may include, but not limited to, Random Access Memory (RAM), Read Only Memory (ROM), a CPU cache, a register memory, and/or a cache memory. 
     In operation, the first electronic device  102   a  may be configured to receive an input from the first user  108   a  to enable selection of the multimedia content item on the first electronic device  102   a . The first electronic device  102   a  may be configured to communicate the selected multimedia content item along with playback controls to the second electronic device  102   b , via communication network  106 . The first electronic device  102   a  may be configured to control a playback of the selected multimedia content item at the first electronic device  102   a  and the second electronic device  102   b , based on the communicated playback controls. The control may be performed such that a current playback time of the selected multimedia content item may be in sync at the first electronic device  102   a  and the second electronic device  102   b . The control may be performed based on synching of the communicated playback controls at the two devices. 
     In accordance with an embodiment, the communication of the selected multimedia content item and the synching of the communicated playback controls may be performed, via a same communication channel established between the first electronic device  102   a  and the second electronic device  102   b . Thus, in this scenario, a common communication channel may be used by the two electronic devices  102   a  and  102   b  to share the multimedia content item as well as to synch the playback controls of the shared multimedia content item. Alternatively, the communication channel used to share the multimedia content item may be different from that used to synch the playback controls of the shared multimedia content item. Example of communication channels may include, but are not limited to, an Internet-of-Things (IoT) gateway, a Voice-over-IP (VOIP)/text chat channel, the Internet, an alarm-payload channel, and/or other communication channels of the communication network  106 . The selected multimedia content item may be an audio or a video. 
     In accordance with an embodiment, the first electronic device  102   a  may be configured to generate an interface to enable a social interaction with the plurality of electronic devices  102  in a session. The social interaction among the plurality of electronic devices  102  and the playback of the selected multimedia content item at the plurality of electronic devices  102  may occur simultaneously. The first electronic device  102   a  may be further configured to display an indication of all connected electronic devices from the plurality of electronic devices  102 , via the generated interface. Each connected electronic device may be displayed at the generated interface at the first electronic device  102   a  during the playback of the communicated multimedia content item in the session. 
     In accordance with an embodiment, the second electronic device  102   b  of the plurality of electronic devices  102  may be configured to control playback of the multimedia content item at the first electronic device  102   a . The same playback controls received by the second electronic device  102   b  from the first electronic device  102   a  may be utilized for the control of the current playback time of the shared multimedia content item at the first electronic device  102   a . In accordance with an embodiment, the multimedia content item communicated to the second electronic device  102   b  may be sourced from the multimedia streaming server  104  or a local storage device of the first electronic device  102   a . The local storage device of the first electronic device  102   a  may correspond to a local storage, such as an in-built memory or an external storage medium connected to the first electronic device  102   a.    
     In accordance with an embodiment, the multimedia content item may be streamed from the primary buffer  110   a  of the first electronic device  102   a  to the second electronic device  102   b . The streamed multimedia content item may be cached at a corresponding primary buffer  112   a  of the second electronic device  102   b  for a continuous synching of the communicated playback controls during the playback. In an accordance with an embodiment, the first electronic device  102   a  may dynamically reconfigure size of multimedia content item stream, in an event there is a mismatch between size of the primary buffer  112   a  of the second electronic device  102   b  and the size of multimedia content item stream. Alternatively, the second electronic device  102   b  may dynamically reconfigure the size of the primary buffer  112   a , when there is a mismatch between the size of the multimedia content item stream and the primary buffer  112   a  of the second electronic device  102   b . In accordance with an embodiment, the first electronic device  102   a  and the second electronic device  102   b  may further comprise a look-ahead buffer. The look-ahead buffer may be used for synching of the playback of the multimedia content item at the first electronic device  102   a  and the second electronic device  102   b . The first electronic device  102   a  may be further configured to transfer an ownership right to the second electronic device  102   b . The ownership rights may be transferred to the second electronic device  102   b  to control further communication of the received multimedia content item to the third electronic device  102   c  of the plurality of electronic devices  102 . 
     In accordance with an embodiment, the first electronic device  102   a  may be configured to schedule communication of one or more multimedia content items together with the playback controls to the second electronic device  102   b  from the multimedia streaming server  104 . The scheduled communication of the multimedia content items may be based on a time of day, a date, and/or a user-defined trigger mechanism to initiate communication of the pre-selected one or more multimedia content items to the second electronic device  102   b.    
     In accordance with an embodiment, the first electronic device  102   a  may be further configured to establish a new session with the third electronic device  102   c . The first electronic device  102   a  may be configured to receive another multimedia content item from the third electronic device  102   c , while simultaneously streaming the multimedia content item from the primary buffer  110   a . The other multimedia content stream may be stored in the secondary buffer  110   b , when the primary buffer  110   a  may be already in use for multimedia storage, buffering, and/or playback by the first electronic device  102   a.    
       FIG. 2  is a block diagram that illustrates an exemplary electronic device, in accordance with an embodiment of the disclosure.  FIG. 2  is explained in conjunction with elements from  FIG. 1 . With reference to  FIG. 2 , there is shown the first electronic device  102   a . The first electronic device  102   a  may include one or more processors, such as a processor  202 , a primary memory  204 , a secondary memory  206 , an I/O device  208 , and a transceiver  210 . In accordance with an embodiment, a display  212  may be provided in the I/O device  208 . There is further shown a user interface (UI)  214  rendered on the display  212 . The primary memory  204  is shown to include the primary buffer  110   a  and the secondary buffer  110   b . The processor  202  may be communicatively coupled to the primary memory  204 , the secondary memory  206 , the I/O device  208 , and the transceiver  210 . The transceiver  210  may enable the first electronic device  102   a  to communicate with other communication devices from the plurality of electronic devices  102  and/or one or more servers, such as the multimedia streaming server  104 , via the communication network  106 . 
     The processor  202  may comprise suitable logic, circuitry, interfaces, and/or code that may be configured to execute a set of instructions stored in the secondary memory  206 . The processor  202  may be implemented based on a number of processor technologies known in the art. Examples of the processor  202  may be an X86-based processor, a Reduced Instruction Set Computing (RISC) processor, an Application-Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC) processor, a Complex Instruction Set Computing (CISC) processor, and/or other processors. 
     The primary memory  204  may include a plurality of buffers, such as the primary buffer  110   a  and the secondary buffer  110   b . The primary buffer  110   a  and the secondary buffer  110   b  may be used to stream or receive one or more multimedia content items. Example implementations of the primary memory  204  may include, but not limited to, Random Access Memory (RAM), Dynamic Random Access Memory (DRAM), Static Random Access Memory (SRAM), a CPU cache, and/or a cache memory. 
     The secondary memory  206  may comprise suitable logic, circuitry, and/or interfaces that may be configured to store a set of instructions executable by the processor  202 . The secondary memory  206  may be further configured to store data and code related to operating systems and associated applications of the first electronic device  102   a . Example implementations of the secondary memory  206  may include, but not limited to, a Read Only Memory (ROM), a Hard Disk (HDD), an optical disk, a flash memory, a Secure Digital (SD) card, a Solid-State Drive (SSD), a Magnetoresistive Random-access Memory (MRAM), and/or a Ferroelectric Random Access Memory (FRAM). 
     The I/O device  208  may comprise suitable logic, circuitry, interfaces, and/or code that may be configured to receive an input from a user. The I/O device  208  may be further configured to provide an output to the user. The I/O device  208  may comprise various input and output devices that may be configured to communicate with the processor  202 . Examples of the input devices may include, but not limited to, a touch screen, a keyboard, a mouse, a joystick, a microphone, a camera, a motion sensor, and/or a light sensor. Examples of the output devices may include, but not limited to, the display  212  and/or a speaker. 
     The transceiver  210  may comprise suitable logic, circuitry, interfaces, and/or code that may be configured to communicate multimedia content items to the plurality of electronic devices  102 , via the communication network  106 . The transceiver  210  may be implemented by use of various known technologies to support wired or wireless communication of the first electronic device  102   a  with the communication network  106 . The transceiver  210  may include, but not limited to, an antenna, a radio frequency (RF) transceiver, one or more amplifiers, a tuner, one or more oscillators, a digital signal processor, a coder-decoder (CODEC) chipset, a subscriber identity module (SIM) card, and/or a local buffer. The transceiver  210  may communicate via wireless communication with networks, such as the Internet, an Intranet and/or a wireless network, such as a cellular telephone network, a wireless local area network (LAN) and/or a metropolitan area network (MAN). The wireless communication may use any of a plurality of communication standards, protocols and technologies, such as Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM), Enhanced Data GSM Environment (EDGE), wideband code division multiple access (W-CDMA), Long Term Evolution (LTE), code division multiple access (CDMA), time division multiple access (TDMA), Bluetooth, Wireless Fidelity (Wi-Fi) (such as IEEE 802.11a, IEEE 802.11b, IEEE 802.11g and/or IEEE 802.11n), voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP), Wi-MAX, a protocol for email, instant messaging, and/or Short Message Service (SMS). The wireless communication or an IoT gateway communicatively coupled to the transceiver  210  may further use Message Queue Telemetry Transport (MQTT), Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol (XMPP), Data Distribution Service (DDS), Advanced Message Queuing Protocol (AMQP), Constrained Application Protocol (CoAP), and/or cellular communication protocols, or the Internet to communicate to one or more other devices of the plurality of electronic devices  102 , via the communication network  106 . 
     The display  212  may comprise suitable logic, circuitry, interfaces, and/or code that may be configured to display the UI  214 . The display  212  may be further configured to render one or more features and/or applications of the first electronic device  102   a . Examples of the display  212  may include, but not limited to, a Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) display, a Light Emitting Diode (LED) display, and/or an Organic LED (OLED) display or other display. 
     The UI  214  may be a visual interface that may facilitate the user to interact with one or more applications and/or operating systems of the first electronic device  102   a . The UI  214  may be a graphical user interface (GUI) that may include graphical controls, such as a menu bar, a toolbar, a window, a button, and other such controls. 
     In operation, the processor  202  may be configured to communicate a multimedia sharing request to one or more of the plurality of electronic devices  102 , such as the second electronic device  102   b , via the transceiver  210 . The processor  202  may be configured to check whether the multimedia sharing request is accepted or rejected by the one or more of the plurality of electronic devices  102 . For example, the second electronic device  102   b  may accept the multimedia sharing request. An acceptance acknowledgement may be received, via the transceiver  210 , from the second electronic device  102   b.    
     In accordance with an embodiment, the processor  202  may be configured to establish a session between the first electronic device  102   a  and one or more of the plurality of electronic devices  102 , which accepted the multimedia sharing request (such as the second electronic device  102   b ). The processor  202  may be configured to receive an input from the first user  108   a , via the I/O device  208 , to enable selection of the multimedia content item on the first electronic device  102   a . The multimedia content item, such as an audio item, may be selected via the UI  214  rendered on the display  212  of the first electronic device  102   a . The multimedia content item to be communicated to second electronic device  102   b  may be sourced from the multimedia streaming server  104 . Alternatively, the multimedia content item may be pre-stored at a local storage device, such as the secondary memory  206 , of the first electronic device  102   a.    
     In accordance with an embodiment, the processor  202  may be configured to associate playback controls in accordance with the selected multimedia content item. For example, when an audio item, such as a song is selected, certain playback controls, such as forward, reverse, pause, play, audio info, or subtitles, which may be compatible and useful with respect to control of playback of the audio item, may be associated. In accordance with an embodiment, sound manipulation controls, such as volume, loudness, bass, treble, equalizer, or other audio controls may also be associated. Similarly, when a video item, such as a video song, is selected, certain additional playback controls, such as slow-motion playback, video visualization controls, may also be associated with the selected multimedia content item. 
     In accordance with an embodiment, the processor  202  may be configured to communicate the selected multimedia content item to a desired electronic device, such as the second electronic device  102   b  along with the associated playback controls, via the transceiver  210 . The processor  202  may be configured to control the playback of the selected multimedia content item at the first electronic device  102   a  and the second electronic device  102   b . The control may be performed such that the current playback time of the selected multimedia content item may be synched at the first electronic device  102   a  and the second electronic device  102   b , during the playback. 
     For example, the processor  202  may have to execute another operations, such as receiving an incoming call, or the like, during the playback of the selected multimedia content item. Thus, the processor  202  may require to pause the playback of the multimedia content item at the first electronic device  102   a . In such a case, the processor  202  may transmit a playback control, such as pause, to the second electronic device  102   b  to pause the playback of the multimedia content item at the second electronic device  102   b  for an entire time duration required to execute other operation(s). Alternatively, the processor  202  may not transmit the pause playback control to the second electronic device  102   b . In such a case, the playback of the multimedia content item may only be paused at the first electronic device  102   a . Further, when the execution of the other operation is complete, the processor  202  may resume the playback of the multimedia content item from a current playback time of the multimedia content item at the second electronic device  102   b.    
     In accordance with an embodiment, the processor  202  may be configured to generate an interface, such as a chat interface, a video call interface, and/or a voice call interface, on the first electronic device  102   a  to enable the social interaction with one or more of the plurality of electronic devices  102  connected in the session. In accordance with an embodiment, the generated interface may be configured to receive hands free-gesture based input, to enable the social interaction with one or more of the plurality of electronic devices  102  connected in the session. The social interaction among the various connected devices from the plurality of electronic devices  102  and the playback of the selected multimedia content item at the plurality of electronic devices  102  may occur simultaneously. The processor  202  may be further configured to display all connected electronic devices among the plurality of electronic devices  102  on the generated interface during the playback of the communicated multimedia content item in the session. 
     In accordance with an embodiment, the multimedia content items communicated to the second electronic device  102   b  by the processor  202  may be sourced from the multimedia streaming server  104 . The multimedia content items may be alternatively sourced from the local storage, such as the secondary memory  206 , of the first electronic device  102   a . The processor  202  may be configured to stream the multimedia content items from the primary buffer  110   a  of the first electronic device  102   a  to the second electronic device  102   b . The streamed multimedia content item may be cached at the corresponding primary buffer (not shown) of the second electronic device  102   b  for the continuous synching of the communicated playback controls during the playback. 
     In accordance with an embodiment, the processor  202  may be further configured to schedule the communication of the multimedia content items together with the playback controls to the second electronic device  102   b  from the content streaming server, such as the multimedia streaming server  104 . The scheduled communication of the multimedia content items from the multimedia streaming server  104  may be based on a preset time of day, date, and/or a user-defined trigger mechanism(s) to initiate communication with the second electronic device  102   b  or other pre-selected electronic device. In accordance with an embodiment, the functionalities or operations performed by the first electronic device  102   a , as described in  FIG. 1  may be performed by the processor  202 . Other operations performed by the processor  202  may be understood from the description in the  FIGS. 3A, 3B, 3C, 4, 5A, and 5B . 
       FIGS. 3A, 3B, and 3C , collectively, illustrate a first exemplary scenario to share multimedia content with synched playback controls, in accordance with an embodiment of the disclosure.  FIGS. 3A, 3B, and 3C  are described in conjunction with elements from  FIGS. 1 and 2 . With reference to  FIG. 3A , there is shown the first electronic device  102   a , the second electronic device  102   b , the third electronic device  102   c . There is further shown the UI  214  rendered on the display  212  and a social interaction interface  302  displayed on the UI  214 . The first electronic device  102   a  may include the primary buffer  110   a  and the secondary buffer  110   b . The second electronic device  102   b  may include the primary buffer  112   a  and the secondary buffer  112   b . The third electronic device may include the primary buffer  114   a  and the secondary buffer  114   b.    
     In operation, the first electronic device  102   a  may receive an input to enable selection of a song, such as a song-1, from a list of music tracks, via the UI  214 , of the first electronic device  102   a . The first electronic device  102   a  may be configured to communicate a first multimedia share request to both the second electronic device  102   b  and the third electronic device  102   c  to share the song-1. In accordance with an embodiment, both the second electronic device  102   b  and the third electronic device  102   c  may accept the first multimedia share request received from the first electronic device  102   a . The first electronic device  102   a  may receive an acceptance acknowledgment from the second electronic device  102   b  and the third electronic device  102   c . In response to the received acceptance acknowledgment, a session may be established among the three devices, such as the first electronic device  102   a , the second electronic device  102   b  and the third electronic device  102   c . Further, the first electronic device  102   a  may be configured to associate playback controls for the audio item, such as the selected song-1, in the established session, as shown in the UI  214  of the  FIG. 3A . 
     In accordance with an embodiment, the first electronic device  102   a  may be configured to cache the selected song-1 in the primary buffer  110   a  of the first electronic device  102   a . The first electronic device  102   a  may then share the selected song-1 with the second electronic device  102   b  and the third electronic device  102   c  along with the playback controls associated with the song-1. The song-1 may be streamed from the primary buffer  110   a  of the first electronic device  102   a  to the second electronic device  102   b  and the third electronic device  102   c . The streamed content of the song-1 along with the associated playback controls may be cached at the corresponding primary buffer  112   a  of the second electronic device  102   b  and the primary buffer  114   a  of the third electronic device  102   c , as shown. The caching of the song-1 at the primary buffers, such as the primary buffer  112   a  and the primary buffer  114   a , may enable a continuous synching of the communicated playback controls, during the playback of the song-1 at all the three devices, such as the first electronic device  102   a , the second electronic device  102   b , and the third electronic device  102   c . In accordance with an embodiment, for the initiation of the playback of the song-1, at all the three devices, a size of the multimedia content item streamed must exceed a data threshold value. The data threshold value may be specified by a user, such as the first user  108   a , the second user  108   b , or the third user  108   c.    
     In accordance with an embodiment, the first electronic device  102   a  may be further configured to display an indication of all the connected electronic devices in the established session, such as the second electronic device  102   b  and the third electronic device  102   c , via the UI  214  rendered on the display  212 , as shown. The first electronic device  102   a  may be further configured to generate an interface, such as the social interaction interface  302 , on the UI  214 , to enable the social interaction with connected electronic devices. The social interaction among the connected electronic devices and the playback of the song-1 at the three electronic devices  102   a ,  102   b , and  102   c  may occur simultaneously. 
     With reference to  FIG. 3B , there is further shown a new multimedia share request initiated by the third electronic device  102   c  for the first electronic device  102   a  and the second electronic device  102   b . There is further shown a display  304  of the third electronic device  102   c  and a UI  306  rendered on the display  304  of the third electronic device  102   c . The UI  306  may be similar to the UI  214  of the first electronic device  102   a.    
     In accordance with an embodiment, the third electronic device  102   c  may be configured to receive an input, via the UI  306 , to enable selection of a song, from the list of music tracks pre-stored in the third electronic device  102   c , as shown. For instance, song-6 is shown to be selected on the third electronic device  102   c , via the UI  306 . As per the content type (such as an audio or video), playback controls for audio, may be associated with the selected song-6. The third electronic device  102   c  may be configured to share a new multimedia share notification, such as a second multimedia share request, with the first electronic device  102   a  and the second electronic device  102   b  for sharing the song-6 while the streaming and playback for the Song-1 may be in progress. 
     In a certain scenario, the first electronic device  102   a  may accept the second multimedia share request, whereas the second electronic device  102   b  may deny the second multimedia share request. The third electronic device  102   c  may communicate the song-6 along with the associated playback controls to the first electronic device  102   a . The communication may occur via another communication channel of the communication network  106 . The song-6 may be streamed from the primary buffer  114   a  of the third electronic device  102   c  to the first electronic device  102   a . The song-6 along with the associated playback controls may be cached at the secondary buffer  110   b  of the first electronic device  102   a  as the primary buffer  110   a  of the first electronic device  102   a  may be engaged in continuous streaming of song-1 to the second electronic device  102   b . In such a scenario, the primary buffer  110   a  of the first electronic device  102   a  may continue to stream the song-1 to the primary buffer  112   a  of second electronic device  102   b  till the entire content of the song-1, is streamed. 
     With reference to  FIG. 3C , there is further shown a fourth electronic device  308  with a primary buffer  310   a  and a secondary buffer  310   b .  FIG. 3C  depicts a first example of ownership right transfer mechanism between two devices and switching of caching from one buffer to another buffer within an electronic device, such as the first electronic device  102   a.    
     In accordance with an embodiment, the song-1 may be streamed from the primary buffer  110   a  of the first electronic device  102   a  to the primary buffer  112   a  of the second electronic device  102   b . The first electronic device  102   a  may be configured to transfer an ownership right of the song-1 to the second electronic device  102   b , via the UI  214 . The transfer of the ownership right to the second electronic device  102   b  may enable the second electronic device  102   b  to control further communication of the received song-1 to other electronic devices, such as the fourth electronic device  308 . Accordingly, the second electronic device  102   b  may then stream the received song-1 along with the associated playback controls from the primary buffer  112   a  of the second electronic device  102   b  to the fourth electronic device  308 . The song-1 may be cached at the primary buffer  310   a  of the fourth electronic device  308  for the continuous synching of the communicated playback controls, during the playback. 
     In a scenario, the first electronic device  102   a  may detect that the streaming of song-1 from the primary buffer  110   a  of the first electronic device  102   a  to the second electronic device  102   b  may be completed. Further, the first electronic device  102   a  may detect caching for the receipt of the content stream of song-6 from the third electronic device  102   c  to the secondary buffer  110   b  of the first electronic device  102   a , may be in-progress. In such a scenario, the first electronic device  102   a  may be configured to dynamically switch the caching of the content stream of song-6 from the secondary buffer  110   b  to the primary buffer  110   a . The dynamic switching makes possible to free-up the secondary buffer  110   b  for further receipt (or communication) of another multimedia content item from (or to) another electronic device. 
     With reference to  FIG. 3D , there is further shown a fifth electronic device  312  with a primary buffer  314   a  and a secondary buffer  314   b .  FIG. 3D  depicts a second example of ownership right transfer mechanism between two devices and switching of caching from one buffer to another buffer within an electronic device, such as the first electronic device  102   a.    
     In accordance with an embodiment, the song-1 may be streamed from the primary buffer  110   a  of the first electronic device  102   a  to the primary buffer  112   a  of the second electronic device  102   b . The song-1 may be streamed from the primary buffer  110   a  of the first electronic device  102   a  to the primary buffer  310   a  of the fourth electronic device  308  and the primary buffer  314   a  of the fifth electronic device  312 . The first electronic device  102   a  may be configured to transfer an ownership right of the song-1 to the second electronic device  102   b , via the UI  214 . 
     In a scenario, the first electronic device  102   a  may get disconnected with the second electronic device  102 , the fourth electronic device  308 , and the fifth electronic device  312  in the established session. In such a case, the fourth electronic device  308  and the fifth electronic device  312  may request the second electronic device  102   b  to continue sharing of the song-1. Based on the received control related to the ownership right, and the request from the fourth electronic device  308  and the fifth electronic device  312 , the second electronic device  102   b  may then stream the received song-1 along with the associated playback controls to the fourth electronic device  308  and the fifth electronic device  312 . The second electronic device  102   b  may stream the received song-1 to the fourth electronic device  308  and the fifth electronic device  312  from a playback time at which the first electronic device  102   a  got disconnected. 
     In the meanwhile, the first electronic device  102   a  may still be connected to the third electronic device  102   c  and may detect that the streaming of song-1 may either be completed or interrupted due to disconnection. Further, the first electronic device  102   a  may detect caching for the receipt of the content stream of song-6 from the third electronic device  102   c  to the secondary buffer  110   b  of the first electronic device  102   a , may be in-progress. In such a scenario, the first electronic device  102   a  may be configured to dynamically switch the caching of the content stream of song-6 from the secondary buffer  110   b  to the primary buffer  110   a . The dynamic switching makes possible to free-up the secondary buffer  110   b  for further receipt (or communication) of another multimedia content item from (or to) another electronic device. 
     In another scenario, the first electronic device  102   a  may communicate a current streaming status, for example of song-1 as currently communicated to the second electronic device  102   b , to other electronic devices, the fourth electronic device  308 , and the fifth electronic device  312 . The first electronic device  102   a  may end continuous synching of the communicated playback controls with the second electronic device  102   b . In such a case, streaming of the song-1 may still resume to the other electronic devices, such as the fourth electronic device  308 , and the fifth electronic device  312 . The remaining content of the song-1 that is yet to be streamed may be retrieved from the secondary memory  206  of the first electronic device  102   a  to the primary buffer  110   a  of the first electronic device  102   a , until the entire content of the song-1 is streamed at least to the second electronic device  102   b . The second electronic device  102   b  may then further stream to other electronic devices based on ownership right. In the meantime, the first electronic device  102   a  may playback the content stream of song-6 received from the third electronic device  102   c.    
       FIG. 4A  illustrates a second exemplary scenario to share multimedia content with synched playback controls, in accordance with an embodiment of the disclosure.  FIG. 4A  is described in conjunction with elements from  FIGS. 1, 2, and 3A to 3C . With reference to  FIG. 4A , there is shown the first electronic device  102   a , the second electronic device  102   b , the multimedia streaming server  104 , a first IoT gateway  402 , and a second IoT gateway  404 . 
     In accordance with the second exemplary scenario, the first electronic device  102   a  may be a smartphone. The second electronic device  102   b  may be an IoT-enabled music system or an IoT-enabled smart TV. The first electronic device  102   a  may be associated with the first IOT gateway  402 . The second IOT gateway  404  may be associated with the second electronic device  102   b.    
     The first IOT gateway  402  may act as a bridge between an IoT device, such as the first electronic device  102   a , and the multimedia streaming server  104 . The first IOT gateway  402  may receive data from the first electronic device  102   a  via one or more communication protocols, such as Wi-Fi, and then transmit the received content as per preset configurations, to the multimedia streaming server  104 , via one or more communication channels via the Internet. Similarly, the second IOT gateway  404  may act as a bridge between the second electronic device  102   b  (such as the IoT-enabled music system) and the multimedia streaming server  104 . The second IOT gateway  404  may receive data from the second electronic device  102   b  via one or more communication channels and protocols, such as Wi-Fi, and then transmit the received content as per preset configurations, to the multimedia streaming server  104 , via one or more communication channels via the Internet. 
     In accordance with an embodiment, the first electronic device  102   a  may receive an input to select an audio or a video file along with the associated playback controls. The first electronic device  102   a  may communicate the audio or the video file along with the associated playback controls to the second electronic device  102   b . The first electronic device  102   a  may control the playback of the audio or the video file such that a current playback time of the selected audio or the video file may be in sync at the first electronic device  102   a  and second electronic device  102   b , during the playback. Further, the playback controls associated with the shared audio or video file, may be operable at both sides, such as the first electronic device  102   a  and the second electronic device  102   b.    
     For example, the first user  108   a  may slide a playback control associated with the shared music on the first electronic device  102   a , via the UI  214 , to a playback time of 5 minutes 2 seconds “00:05:02”, as shown. Accordingly, the playback control at the second electronic device  102   b  may be automatically synchronized to 5 minutes 2 seconds “00:05:02”, as shown. Thus, the devices to which the music is shared may listen to the music simultaneously, providing an enhanced user experience of sitting together and listening to both the first user  108   a  and the second user  108   b  based on the communicated playback controls. After a certain time, the second user  108   b  may then slide back the playback control on the second electronic device  102   b  to a playback time of 4 minutes 40 seconds “00:04:40”, from the same playback controls received from the first electronic device  102   a . Accordingly, the playback control at the first electronic device  102   a  may be automatically synchronized to 4 minutes 40 seconds “00:04:40”, as shown. Thus, the playback controls associated with the shared audio or video file, may be operable and functional at both sides, such as the first electronic device  102   a  and the second electronic device  102   b.    
     In accordance with an embodiment, the audio or the video file communicated to the second electronic device  102   b  may be sourced from the multimedia streaming server  104 . The communicated audio or the video file may be cached at the primary buffer  112   a  of the second electronic device  102   b . The first electronic device  102   a  may schedule the communication of the audio or the video file along with the playback controls to the second electronic device  102   b  from the multimedia streaming server  104 . The scheduled communication of the audio or the video file together with the playback controls may be based on a time of day or a pre-scheduled date. For example, the first electronic device  102   a  may schedule the communication of a pre-selected audio on a pre-scheduled date, such as a next birthday, of the second user  108   b  associated with the second electronic device  102   b . The multimedia streaming server  104  may then communicate the pre-selected audio on the scheduled date to the second electronic device  102   b  to be played mandatorily at the second electronic device  102   b.    
     In accordance with an embodiment, the communication of the selected audio or video file and the synching of the communicated playback controls may be performed, via a same communication channel or different communication channels. In a first example, the first electronic device  102   a  may be configured to communicate the selected audio or video item via a first communication channel, referred to as a music channel. The playback controls associated with the selected audio or video item may be communicated to an IoT gateway, such as first IoT gateway  402 . The first IoT gateway  402  may then check metadata to find out which device the playback controls associated with the selected audio or video item, require to be communicated. Accordingly, the first IoT gateway  402  may then further communicate the playback controls via a second communication channel, referred to as a synching channel. Further, a social interaction between the first electronic device  102   a  and the second electronic device  102   b  may occur simultaneously via a third communication channel, such as a VOIP or chat channel. 
     In a second example, the first electronic device  102   a  may be configured to communicate all data, such as the selected audio or video item, the associated playback controls, and text chat data of social interaction via the UI  214 , to the first IoT gateway  402 , as shown in  FIG. 4 . The first IoT gateway  402  may then check metadata and preset configurations, and further communicate the received data via different communication channels, such as the first communication channel (the music channel), the second communication channel (the synching channel), and the third communication channel (such as the VOIP or chat channel). The received data communicated via the different communication channels, may be received via a cloud service provider, such as the multimedia streaming server  104 . The multimedia streaming server  104  may then further communicate the data received from various IoT devices (such as the first electronic device  102   a ) to other IoT gateways, such as the second IoT gateway  404 , via the different communication channels. The second IoT gateway  404  based on pre-configured settings may then consolidate the received multimedia content and associated playback controls, and then communicate locally to the second electronic device  102   b , as shown. 
     In a third example, an alarm mechanism may be set to trigger playback of the scheduled and pre-selected audio or video file at the second electronic device  102   b . Such communication of the set alarm mechanism may occur via a fourth communication channel, which may be referred to as “an alarm payload channel”. The alarm mechanism may be set via the UI  214 . The usage of different communication channels may make possible continuous and accurate synching of the communicated playback controls during the playback and avoid network slowness or congestion. 
       FIG. 4B  illustrates a third exemplary scenario to share multimedia content with synched playback controls, in accordance with an embodiment of the disclosure.  FIG. 4B  is described in conjunction with elements from  FIGS. 1, 2, 3A to 3D, and 4A . With reference to  FIG. 4B , there is shown the first electronic device  102   a , the second electronic device  102   b , the multimedia streaming server  104 , the first IoT gateway  402 , the second IoT gateway  404 , and an IoT framework  406 . 
     In accordance with the third exemplary scenario, the first IoT gateway  402  and the second IoT gateway  404  may be communicatively coupled with each other, via the IoT framework  406 . The first IoT gateway  402  may act as a bridge between an IoT device, such as the first electronic device  102   a , and the IoT framework  406 . The first IoT gateway  402  may receive data from the first electronic device  102   a  via one or more communication protocols, such as Wi-Fi, and then transmit the received content as per preset configurations, to the IoT framework  406 , via one or more communication channels via the Internet. Similarly, the second IOT gateway  404  may act as a bridge between the second electronic device  102   b  (such as the IoT-enabled music system) and the IoT framework  406 . The multimedia streaming server  104  in this case may be a third party server, such as a service provider different from the IoT framework  406 . The second IOT gateway  404  may receive data from the second electronic device  102   b  via one or more communication channels and protocols, such as Wi-Fi, and then transmit the received content as per preset configurations, to the IoT framework  406 , via one or more communication channels, such as the Internet. 
     In accordance with an embodiment, the first electronic device  102   a  may receive an audio or a video file from the second electronic device  102   b  via a cloud service provider, such as the multimedia streaming server  104 . The multimedia streaming server  104  may correspond to a third party server. The first electronic device  102   a  may receive the audio or video item via the first communication channel (the music channel) from the multimedia streaming server  104 . The first electronic device  102   a  may be configured to communicate the playback controls associated with the received audio or video item to an IoT gateway, such as first IoT gateway  402 . The first IoT gateway  402  may then check metadata to find out which device the playback controls associated with the received audio or video item, required to be communicated. Accordingly, the first IoT gateway  402  may then further communicate the playback controls to the second electronic device  102   b , via the IoT framework  406 . The first IoT gateway  402  may use the second communication channel (the synching channel) for the communication of the playback controls to the second electronic device  102   b . The second electronic device  102   b  may receive the playback controls via the second IoT gateway  404 . Further, the social interaction between the first electronic device  102   a  and the second electronic device  102   b  may occur simultaneously by use of the third communication channel (such as the VOIP or the chat channel), via the IoT framework  406 . 
       FIG. 4C  illustrates a fourth exemplary scenario to share multimedia content with synched playback controls, in accordance with an embodiment of the disclosure.  FIG. 4C  is described in conjunction with elements from  FIGS. 1, 2, 3A to 3C, 4A, and 4B . With reference to  FIG. 4C , there is shown the first electronic device  102   a , the second electronic device  102   b , the multimedia streaming server  104 , the first IoT gateway  402 , the second IoT gateway  404 , and the IoT framework  406 . 
     In accordance with the fourth exemplary scenario, the IoT framework  406  may be communicatively coupled to a cloud service provider, such as the multimedia streaming server  104 . The multimedia streaming server  104  may correspond to a third party server. In accordance with an embodiment, the IoT framework  406  may be configured to receive an audio or a video file from the multimedia streaming server  104 . The IoT framework  406  may further transmit the received audio or a video file to the first electronic device  102   a  and the second electronic device  102   b , via the first IoT gateway  402  and the second IoT gateway  404 , respectively. The received audio or a video file may be transmitted to the first electronic device  102   a  and the second electronic device  102   b  by use of the first communication channel (the music channel). 
     The first electronic device  102   a  may be configured to communicate the playback controls associated with the received audio or video item to the first IoT gateway  402 . The first IoT gateway  402  may then check metadata to find out which device the playback controls associated with the received audio or video item, required to be communicated. Accordingly, the first IoT gateway  402  may then further communicate the playback controls to the second electronic device  102   b , via the IoT framework  406 . The first IoT gateway  402  may use the second communication channel (the synching channel) for the communication of the playback controls to the second electronic device  102   b . The second electronic device  102   b  may receive the playback controls via the second IoT gateway  404 . Further, a social interaction between the first electronic device  102   a  and the second electronic device  102   b  may occur simultaneously by use of the third communication channel (such as the VOIP or the chat channel), via the IoT framework  406 . 
       FIG. 4D  illustrates a fifth exemplary scenario to share multimedia content with synched playback controls, in accordance with an embodiment of the disclosure.  FIG. 4D  is described in conjunction with elements from  FIGS. 1, 2, 3A to 3C, and 4A to 4C . With reference to  FIG. 4D , there is shown the first electronic device  102   a , the second electronic device  102   b , the multimedia streaming server  104 , the first IoT gateway  402 , the second IoT gateway  404 , and the IoT framework  406 . 
     In accordance with the fifth exemplary scenario, the first electronic device  102 A and the second electronic device  1026  may receive an audio or a video file from a cloud service provider, such as the multimedia streaming server  104 . The multimedia streaming server  104  may correspond to a third party server. The first electronic device  102   a  may be configured to communicate the playback controls associated with the received audio or video item to the first IoT gateway  402 . The first IoT gateway  402  may then check metadata to find out which device the playback controls associated with the received audio or video item, required to be communicated. Accordingly, the first IoT gateway  402  may then further communicate the playback controls to the second electronic device  102   b , via the IoT framework  406 . The first IoT gateway  402  may use the second communication channel (the synching channel) for the communication of the playback controls to the second electronic device  102   b . The second electronic device  102   b  may receive the playback controls via the second IoT gateway  404 . Further, the social interaction between the first electronic device  102   a  and the second electronic device  102   b  may occur simultaneously by use of the third communication channel (such as the VOIP or the chat channel), via the IoT framework  406 . 
       FIGS. 5A and 5B , collectively, is a flow chart that illustrates an exemplary method to share multimedia content with synched playback control, in accordance with an embodiment of the disclosure. With reference to  FIGS. 5A and 5B , there is shown a flow chart  500 . The flow chart  500  is described in conjunction with elements from  FIGS. 1, 2, 3A to 3C, and 4 . The method starts at step  502  and proceeds to step  504 . 
     At step  504 , an input may be received at the first electronic device  102   a  to enable selection of a multimedia content item, such as Song-1, on the first electronic device  102   a . The multimedia content item may be an audio or a video. The multimedia content item may be sourced from a multimedia streaming server  104 . Alternatively, the multimedia content item may be pre-stored at a local storage device, such as the secondary memory  206 , of the first electronic device  102   a.    
     At step  506 , a multimedia sharing request may be communicated to one or more electronic devices, such as the second electronic device  102   b . At step  508 , it may be checked whether the multimedia sharing request is accepted or rejected by the one or more electronic devices, such as the second electronic device  102   b . In instances when the multimedia sharing request is accepted, the control may pass to step  510 , else the control may pass back to the step  502  to request to another electronic device. 
     At step  510 , a session may be established between the first electronic device  102   a  and one or more other electronic devices, which accepted the multimedia sharing request (such as the second electronic device  102   b ). At step  512 , the selected multimedia content item may be associated with playback controls in accordance to the content type of the selected multimedia content item. At step  514 , the selected multimedia content item may be communicated to the second electronic device  102   b  along with the associated playback controls. The selected multimedia content item may be streamed from the primary buffer  110   a  of the first electronic device  102   a  to the second electronic device  102   b . The streamed multimedia content item may be cached at a corresponding primary buffer (such as the primary buffer  112   a ) of the second electronic device  102   b.    
     At step  516 , the playback of the selected multimedia content item may be controlled at the first electronic device  102   a  and the second electronic device  102   b  based on the communicated playback controls. The control may be performed such that a current playback time of the selected multimedia content item may be in sync at the first electronic device  102   a  and the second electronic device  102   b , during the playback of the selected multimedia content item. The control may be performed based on synching of the communicated playback controls. At step  518 , an interface may be generated on the first electronic device  102   a  to enable a social interaction with the one or more other electronic devices connected in the established session. The social interaction among connected devices and the playback of the selected multimedia content item at the connected devices (such as the second electronic device  102   b ) may occur simultaneously. 
     At step  520 , a new session may be established with the third electronic device  102   c . The new session may be established by the first electronic device  102   a  in response to an acceptance of a new multimedia sharing request from the third electronic device  102   c . At step  522 , another multimedia content item may be received from the third electronic device  102   c , while simultaneously streaming the multimedia content item from the primary buffer  110   a  of the first electronic device  102   a.    
     At step  524 , it may be continuously checked whether the primary buffer  110   a  of the first electronic device  102   a  is engaged. In instances when the primary buffer  110   a  is engaged, the control may pass to step  526 . In instances when the primary buffer  110   a  is not engaged, the control may pass to step  528 . 
     At step  526 , the other multimedia content item received from the third electronic device  102   c  may be stored in the secondary buffer  110   b  when the primary buffer  110   a  is engaged. At step  528 , the other multimedia content item received from the third electronic device  102   c  may be stored in the primary buffer  110   a  when the primary buffer  110   a  is not engaged. 
     At step  530 , an ownership right of the communicated multimedia content item may be transferred to the second electronic device  102   b , by the first electronic device  102   a . The transfer of the ownership right to the second electronic device  102   b  may enable the second electronic device  102   b  to control further communication of the multimedia content item to other electronic devices, such as the third electronic device  102   c . At step  532 , one or more selected multimedia content items together with the associated playback controls may be scheduled to be communicated to one or more other electronic devices, such as the third electronic device  102   c , or the second electronic device  102   b . The scheduling of the communication of the multimedia content item may be based on a time of day, a date, and/or a user-defined mechanism to initiate communication to the desired or pre-selected one or more other electronic devices. The one or more selected multimedia content items together with the associated playback controls may be sourced from the multimedia streaming server  104  or the secondary memory  206  of the first electronic device  102   a  to be automatically communicated to the pre-selected one or more other electronic devices based on the scheduled time or date. The control may pass to end step  534 . 
     In accordance with an embodiment of the disclosure, a system for data communication is disclosed. The system may include the first electronic device  102   a  ( FIG. 1 ) which may comprise one or more circuits (hereinafter referred to as the processor  202  ( FIG. 2 )). The processor  202  may be configured to receive an input to enable selection of a multimedia content item on the first electronic device  102   a . The processor  202  may be further configured to communicate the selected multimedia content item to the second electronic device  102   b  along with playback controls. The processor  202  may be configured to control playback of the selected multimedia content item at the first electronic device  102   a  and the second electronic device  102   b . The control may be performed such that a current playback time of the selected multimedia content item may be in sync at the first electronic device  102   a  and the second electronic device  102   b , based on the synching of the communicated playback controls. 
     Various embodiments of the disclosure may provide another non-transitory computer readable medium and/or storage medium, wherein there is stored thereon, a set of instructions executable by a machine and/or a computer to communicate data. The set of instructions may cause the machine and/or computer to perform the steps that comprise a receipt of an input to enable selection of a multimedia content item on the first electronic device  102   a . The selected multimedia content item may be communicated to the second electronic device  102   b  along with the playback controls. The first electronic device  102   a  control playback of the selected multimedia content item at the first electronic device  102   a  and the second electronic device  102   b . A current playback time of the selected multimedia content item may be synced at the first electronic device  102   a  and the second electronic device  102   b  based on synching of the communicated playback controls. 
     The present disclosure may be realized in hardware, or a combination of hardware and software. The present disclosure may be realized in a centralized fashion, in at least one computer system, or in a distributed fashion, where different elements may be spread across several interconnected computer systems. A computer system or other apparatus adapted to carry out the methods described herein may be suited. A combination of hardware and software may be a general-purpose computer system with a computer program that, when loaded and executed, may control the computer system such that it carries out the methods described herein. The present disclosure may be realized in hardware that comprises a portion of an integrated circuit that also performs other functions. 
     The present disclosure may also be embedded in a computer program product, which comprises all the features that enable the implementation of the methods described herein, and which when loaded in a computer system is able to carry out these methods. Computer program, in the present context, means any expression, in any language, code or notation, of a set of instructions intended to cause a system with an information processing capability to perform a particular function either directly, or after either or both of the following: a) conversion to another language, code or notation; b) reproduction in a different material form. 
     While the present disclosure has been described with reference to certain embodiments, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that various changes may be made and equivalents may be substituted without departure from the scope of the present disclosure. In addition, many modifications may be made to adapt a particular situation or material to the teachings of the present disclosure without departure from its scope. Therefore, it is intended that the present disclosure not be limited to the particular embodiment disclosed, but that the present disclosure will include all embodiments that fall within the scope of the appended claims.