Persistent customized social media environment
First Claim
1. A computer implemented method of sharing a media experience, comprising:
- providing a sharing application to a media display device, the sharing application responsive to a common shared content experience service, the content experience service hosting a plurality of persistent customized social media environments, each persistent social media environment in the service having a plurality of users and maintained for a duration of the common shared content experience;
receiving a persistent customized social media environment definition from a user via the sharing application, the persistent customized social media environment definition including an identification of other users to be included in the environment, a common shared content experience, and one or more content experience modules provided in the application;
responsive to a user indicating a desire to participate in the persistent customized social media environment, outputting the persistent customized social media environment definition to configure the sharing application for user participation;
providing communications between the users participating in the persistent customized social media environment based on user input and providing an indicator notifying at least one of the users in the persistent customized social media environment of activity in a second persistent customized social media environment, different from the persistent customized social media environment and in which the at least one user is also participating and selectively switching between the first and second persistent customized social media environment;
syncing persistent customized social media communications between users to the common shared content experience;
responsive to one or more of the users connecting to the persistent customized social media environment subsequent to communications being provided between the users participating in the persistent customized social media environment, providing the communications to the one or more users connecting subsequently, the communications provided at a point in time and context corresponding to that of the common shared content experience; and
receiving a selection of third party content from one or more users identified in the definition and connected to the environment, the selection adding the third party content to an activity stream within the environment such that the common shared content experience of the users participating in the first and second persistent customized social media environments are displayed and selectively removed.
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Abstract
One or more persistent customized social media environments are created allowing users to share content or an activity. The content or activity may comprise a shared media experience or shared participatory experience. Each user accessing the environment utilizes a device alone or in conjunction with other devices to complete a sharing experience. A persistent customized social media environment definition establishes a user environment which provides social networking services as well as content sharing and allows users who are connected to the persistent customized social media environment definition to experience instant messages, while those users who connect to the persistent customized social media environment at a later time will receive messages once they enter the environment.
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13 Claims
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1. A computer implemented method of sharing a media experience, comprising:
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providing a sharing application to a media display device, the sharing application responsive to a common shared content experience service, the content experience service hosting a plurality of persistent customized social media environments, each persistent social media environment in the service having a plurality of users and maintained for a duration of the common shared content experience; receiving a persistent customized social media environment definition from a user via the sharing application, the persistent customized social media environment definition including an identification of other users to be included in the environment, a common shared content experience, and one or more content experience modules provided in the application; responsive to a user indicating a desire to participate in the persistent customized social media environment, outputting the persistent customized social media environment definition to configure the sharing application for user participation; providing communications between the users participating in the persistent customized social media environment based on user input and providing an indicator notifying at least one of the users in the persistent customized social media environment of activity in a second persistent customized social media environment, different from the persistent customized social media environment and in which the at least one user is also participating and selectively switching between the first and second persistent customized social media environment; syncing persistent customized social media communications between users to the common shared content experience; responsive to one or more of the users connecting to the persistent customized social media environment subsequent to communications being provided between the users participating in the persistent customized social media environment, providing the communications to the one or more users connecting subsequently, the communications provided at a point in time and context corresponding to that of the common shared content experience; and receiving a selection of third party content from one or more users identified in the definition and connected to the environment, the selection adding the third party content to an activity stream within the environment such that the common shared content experience of the users participating in the first and second persistent customized social media environments are displayed and selectively removed. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 13)
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9. A system providing a data store including a persistent definition of a persistent customized social media environment, the system comprising:
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a data store including a plurality of persistent customized social media environment definitions, each persistent customized social media environment definition including a user list of users allowed to connect to the environment, one or more synced content experiences and an application definition including a plurality of modules, each persistent customized social media environment having a plurality of users and maintained for a duration of a common shared content experience; a user profile database including user profile information regarding user online activities and associations to persistent customized social media environment definitions of which the user is a member; an application store configured to provide a persistent media environment application responsive to a request for the application from a user, each application including content experience modules one of the modules being specified by each persistent customized social media environment definition, each definition specifying at least a media display module adapted to output media shared by each user in the persistent customized social media environment in an customized social media environment user interface; an interface receiving third party content experiences associated with and selected by a user of the persistent customized social media environment, the user selectively sharing the third party content experiences with one or more other users in another persistent customized social media environment, wherein the interface includes an activity queue in which the commonly shared content of the plurality of users are displayed and selectively removed; and a communications server receiving messages from users, the messages associated with a persistent customized social media environment definition and destined for users in said persistent customized social media environment definition or a subset thereof, wherein the messages are provided to one or more users when the messages include time-synced content with the output media shared by each user in the persistent customized social media environment. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12)
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