Patent ID: 8161111

Claim:
A system for identifying multimedia for a first user and a second user, the system comprising: a first terminal connected to a network wherein the first terminal has a first media library of multimedia files wherein the first user consumes multimedia files of the first media library on the first terminal; first metadata associated with the multimedia files of the first media library wherein the first terminal stores the first metadata; a second terminal connected to the first terminal by the network and located remote relative to the first terminal wherein the second terminal has a second media library of multimedia files wherein the second user consumes multimedia files of the second media library on the second terminal; and second metadata associated with the multimedia files of the second media library wherein the second terminal stores the second metadata and further wherein the first terminal and the second terminal identify a list of common media content and further wherein the list of common media content indicates the multimedia files that are located in both the first media library and the second media library wherein the list of common media content is based on comparison of the first metadata to the second metadata and further wherein the first terminal and the second terminal display the list of common media content wherein a common media session of synchronized consumption of a multimedia file which encodes the multimedia is initiated for the first terminal and the second terminal in response to user input that selects the multimedia file from the list of common media content and further wherein the first terminal and the second terminal provide simultaneous and synchronized playback of the multimedia encoded by the multimedia file during the common media session of synchronized consumption.