Asynchronous online viewing party
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- creating a list of participants allowed to provide comments on a video content, the list of participants including a first participant and a second participant;
receiving a first playback request for a video content provided using a first playback button of a first user interface;
presenting, in response to the first playback request, the video content via the first user interface to the first participant;
receiving a first comment from the first participant at a first time while presenting the video content, wherein the first comment comprises at least one of a text-based comment, a video comment, and an audio comment;
linking the first comment to a first temporal location in the video content corresponding to the first time;
receiving a second playback request for the video content provided using a second playback button of a second user interface;
presenting, in response to the second playback request, the video content via the second user interface to the second participant; and
while presenting the video content via the second user interface to the second participant, presenting the comments only from each participant in the list of participants to the second participant via the second user interface, wherein the presenting of the comments to the second participant includes;
determining that the first temporal location in the video content corresponding to the first time is reached; and
in response to the determining, presenting the first comment from the first participant to the second participant via the second user interface, wherein presenting the first comment comprises at least one of displaying the at least one of the text-based comment and the video comment, and generating sound corresponding to the audio comment, via the second user interface;
wherein the video content is one of a plurality of presently available episodes of a show, and wherein the method comprises automatically creating, using the list of participants, a new list of participants for a new episode of the show when the new episode becomes available.
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Abstract
Various embodiments of systems, methods, computer devices, and computer software for providing an asynchronous online viewing party are provided. One embodiment comprises a system for providing an online viewing party. One such system comprises: a server operatively coupled to a database for supporting the online viewing party, the database comprising: content to be asynchronously provided to participants of the online viewing party; and time-based events provided by one or more of the participants, the time-based events associated with the content and linked to corresponding locations in the content; and a user interface configured to interface with the server, the user interface comprising logic configured to display the content and the time-based events.
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18 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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creating a list of participants allowed to provide comments on a video content, the list of participants including a first participant and a second participant; receiving a first playback request for a video content provided using a first playback button of a first user interface; presenting, in response to the first playback request, the video content via the first user interface to the first participant; receiving a first comment from the first participant at a first time while presenting the video content, wherein the first comment comprises at least one of a text-based comment, a video comment, and an audio comment; linking the first comment to a first temporal location in the video content corresponding to the first time; receiving a second playback request for the video content provided using a second playback button of a second user interface; presenting, in response to the second playback request, the video content via the second user interface to the second participant; and while presenting the video content via the second user interface to the second participant, presenting the comments only from each participant in the list of participants to the second participant via the second user interface, wherein the presenting of the comments to the second participant includes; determining that the first temporal location in the video content corresponding to the first time is reached; and in response to the determining, presenting the first comment from the first participant to the second participant via the second user interface, wherein presenting the first comment comprises at least one of displaying the at least one of the text-based comment and the video comment, and generating sound corresponding to the audio comment, via the second user interface; wherein the video content is one of a plurality of presently available episodes of a show, and wherein the method comprises automatically creating, using the list of participants, a new list of participants for a new episode of the show when the new episode becomes available. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A server comprising:
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a processor configured to; create a list of participants allowed to provide comments on a video content, the list of participants including a first participant and a second participant; receive a first playback request for a video content provided using a first playback button of a first user interface; present, in response to the first playback request, the video content via the first user interface to the first participant; receive a first comment from the first participant at a first time while presenting the video content, wherein the first comment comprises at least one of a text-based comment, a video comment, and an audio comment; link the first comment to a first temporal location in the video content corresponding to the first time; receive a second playback request for the video content provided using a second playback button of a second user interface; present, in response to the second playback request, the video content via the second user interface to the second participant; while presenting the video content via the second user interface to the second participant, presenting the comments only from each participant in the list of participants to the second participant via the second user interface, wherein the presenting of the comments to the second participant includes; determining that the first temporal location in the video content corresponding to the first time is reached; and in response to determining, presenting the first comment from the first participant to the second participant via the second user interface, wherein presenting the first comment comprises at least one of displaying the at least one of the text-based comment and the video comment, and generating sound corresponding to the audio comment, via the second user interface; wherein the video content is one of a plurality of presently available episodes of a show, and wherein the processor is further configured to automatically create, using the list of participants, a new list of participants for a new episode of the show when the new episode becomes available. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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