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Avatar Integrated Shared Media Experience

  • US 20100306655A1
  • Filed: 08/31/2009
  • Published: 12/02/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/29/2009
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for providing a shared media experience in a group comprising two or more users, each user operating a respective computing device and communicatively coupled via a network, the method comprising:

  • establishing membership in the group;

    participating in a process for selecting a media entity to be shared by the group;

    receiving indication of a selected media entity to be shared by the group and rendering a representation of the selected media entity on one of the computing devices;

    receiving data for rendering the selected media entity and rendering the received data on a user interface device coupled to said one of the computing devices;

    displaying on said user interface device, along with the data for rendering the selected media entity, avatars representing the users of the group, the avatars rendered so as to depict a shared media experience; and

    receiving an indication of an emotion from one of the users and, in response, causing the avatar corresponding to said one of the users to perform an animation on said user interface device that conveys the indicated emotion.

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