Shared multimedia experience including user input
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1. A multimedia distribution method comprising:
- providing multimedia content to a plurality of network clients via a multimedia network;
accessing user profiles corresponding to at least some of the network clients;
identifying, from collaboration group information included in at least some of the user profiles, a plurality of collaboration groups, including a first collaboration group and a second collaboration group, and a plurality of members of each of the collaboration groups;
sending a question pertaining to the multimedia content to each of the collaboration groups;
receiving responses to the question, wherein each of the responses includes a timestamp indicative of when the response was generated and a proposed answer to the question wherein the responses include a first response from the first collaboration group and a second response from the second collaboration group wherein the first response includes a first proposed answer to the question and the second response includes a second proposed answer to the question;
modifying the multimedia content provided to the first collaboration group to include the second proposed answer and modifying the multimedia content provided to the second collaboration group to include the proposed answer;
evaluating the first proposed and the second proposed answer to the question; and
determining, based on the timestamps and the evaluating of the first proposed answer and the second proposed answer, a winning response for each of the collaboration groups.
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Abstract
Systems provide shared multimedia content to a plurality of members of a collaboration group, request input related to the multimedia content from a portion of the plurality of members, modify the shared multimedia content to include an indication of a portion of the input, and provide the modified shared multimedia content to the plurality of members. The shared multimedia content may include a television program, a movie, or a real-time event. The requested input may include a prediction or a trivia answer related to the shared multimedia content.
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1. A multimedia distribution method comprising:
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providing multimedia content to a plurality of network clients via a multimedia network; accessing user profiles corresponding to at least some of the network clients; identifying, from collaboration group information included in at least some of the user profiles, a plurality of collaboration groups, including a first collaboration group and a second collaboration group, and a plurality of members of each of the collaboration groups; sending a question pertaining to the multimedia content to each of the collaboration groups; receiving responses to the question, wherein each of the responses includes a timestamp indicative of when the response was generated and a proposed answer to the question wherein the responses include a first response from the first collaboration group and a second response from the second collaboration group wherein the first response includes a first proposed answer to the question and the second response includes a second proposed answer to the question; modifying the multimedia content provided to the first collaboration group to include the second proposed answer and modifying the multimedia content provided to the second collaboration group to include the proposed answer; evaluating the first proposed and the second proposed answer to the question; and determining, based on the timestamps and the evaluating of the first proposed answer and the second proposed answer, a winning response for each of the collaboration groups. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A data processing system, comprising:
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a processor; a non-transitory computer readable medium including processor executable instructions, wherein the instructions, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising; providing multimedia content to a plurality of network clients via a multimedia network; accessing user profiles corresponding to at least some of the network clients; identifying, from collaboration group information included in at least some of the user profiles, a plurality of collaboration groups including a first collaboration group and a second collaboration group, and a plurality of members of each of the collaboration groups; sending a question pertaining to the multimedia content to each of the collaboration groups; receiving responses to the question, wherein each of the responses includes a timestamp indicative of when the response was generated and a proposed answer to the question wherein the responses include a first response from the first collaboration group and a second response from the second collaboration group wherein the first response includes a first proposed answer to the question and the second response includes a second proposed answer to the question; modifying the multimedia content provided to the first collaboration group to include the second proposed answer and modifying the multimedia content provided to the second collaboration group to include the proposed answer; evaluating the first proposed and the second proposed answer to the question; and determining, based on the timestamps and the evaluating of the first proposed answer and the second proposed answer, a winning response for each of the collaboration groups. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A non-transitory computer readable medium, including processor executable program instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:
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providing multimedia content to a plurality of network clients via a multimedia network; accessing user profiles corresponding to at least some of the network clients; identifying, from collaboration group information included in at least some of the user profiles, a plurality of collaboration groups, including a first collaboration group and a second collaboration group, and a plurality of members of each of the collaboration groups; sending a question pertaining to the multimedia content to each of the collaboration groups; receiving responses to the question, wherein each of the responses includes a timestamp indicative of when the response was generated and a proposed answer to the question wherein the responses include a first response from the first collaboration group and a second response from the second collaboration group wherein the first response includes a first proposed answer to the question and the second response includes a second proposed answer to the question; modifying the multimedia content provided to the first collaboration group to include the second proposed answer and modifying the multimedia content provided to the second collaboration group to include the proposed answer; evaluating the first proposed and the second proposed answer to the question; and determining, based on the timestamps and the evaluating of the first proposed answer and the second proposed answer, a winning response for each of the collaboration groups. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19)
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