METHOD AND SYSTEM SUPPORTING MOBILE COALITIONS
First Claim
1. A system for supporting mobile coalitions for entertainment, comprising:
- a plurality of devices including at least a master device;
a server having a service executable by the master device; and
one or more modules operable on the plurality of devices and the server, the modules operable to recommend formation of a coalition based on the service, invite one or more of the plurality of devices to participate in the coalition with the master device, set up the coalition by determining the one or more devices to participate in the coalition, launching on each participating device a link to the coalition, performing emulation of the coalition by transmitting a portion of the service to each participating device until experience is satisfactory, and continuing by transmitting the service to the participating devices, capture interactions on the devices by the users, the interactions comprising at least gestures and taps that correlate to messages of quality of experience, adapt the coalition by managing user inputs conveying quality of experience indicators, maintaining synchronization of the participating devices, and maintaining the service when one or more of the participating devices cease to participate, and terminate the coalition.
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Abstract
A system and method for supporting mobile coalitions for entertainment comprises devices including a master device, a server having a multimedia service executable by the master device and modules operable to recommend formation of a coalition based on the service, invite the devices to participate in the coalition, set up the coalition by determining the devices to participate, launching on each device a link to the coalition, performing emulation of the coalition by streaming a portion of the service to each device until experience is satisfactory, and continuing by transmitting the service to the devices, capture interactions on the devices by users, the interactions comprising at least gestures, taps correlating to messages of quality of experience, adapt the coalition by managing user inputs conveying quality of experience, maintaining synchronization of the devices, and maintaining the service when one or more of the devices cease to participate, and terminate the coalition.
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18 Claims
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1. A system for supporting mobile coalitions for entertainment, comprising:
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a plurality of devices including at least a master device; a server having a service executable by the master device; and one or more modules operable on the plurality of devices and the server, the modules operable to recommend formation of a coalition based on the service, invite one or more of the plurality of devices to participate in the coalition with the master device, set up the coalition by determining the one or more devices to participate in the coalition, launching on each participating device a link to the coalition, performing emulation of the coalition by transmitting a portion of the service to each participating device until experience is satisfactory, and continuing by transmitting the service to the participating devices, capture interactions on the devices by the users, the interactions comprising at least gestures and taps that correlate to messages of quality of experience, adapt the coalition by managing user inputs conveying quality of experience indicators, maintaining synchronization of the participating devices, and maintaining the service when one or more of the participating devices cease to participate, and terminate the coalition. - View Dependent Claims (2, 4, 5, 6)
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3. The system according to claim 3, wherein the grouping of the devices into sets that can receive information streams together is performed with assistance from end users who view a module-generated visual metaphor on one or more screens and use the metaphor as a interactive assignment mode to assign a coalition aspect to each device.
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7. A method for supporting mobile coalitions for entertainment, comprising steps of:
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recommending formation of a coalition based on a service selected on a master device, and inviting one or more devices to participate in the coalition with the master device; setting up the coalition by determining the one or more devices to participate in the coalition, launching on each participating device a link to the coalition, performing emulation of the coalition by streaming a portion of the service to each participating device until experience is satisfactory, and continuing by streaming the service to the participating devices; capturing interactions on the devices by the users, the interactions comprising at least gestures and taps that correlate to messages of quality of experience; adapting the coalition by managing user inputs conveying quality of experience indicators, maintaining synchronization of the participating devices and maintaining the service when one or more of the participating devices cease to participate; and terminating the coalition. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 16, 17, 18)
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13. A computer readable storage medium storing a program of instructions executable by a machine to perform a method for supporting mobile coalitions for entertainment, comprising:
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recommending formation of a coalition based on a service selected on a master device, and inviting one or more devices to participate in the coalition with the master device; setting up the coalition by determining the one or more devices to participate in the coalition, launching on each participating device a link to the coalition, performing emulation of the coalition by streaming a portion of the service to each participating device until experience is satisfactory, and continuing by streaming the service to the participating devices; capturing interactions on the devices by the users, the interactions comprising at least gestures and taps that correlate to messages of quality of experience; adapting the coalition by managing user inputs conveying quality of experience indicators, maintaining synchronization of the participating devices and maintaining the service when one or more of the participating devices cease to participate; and terminating the coalition. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15)
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