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System and method for tagging content and delivering the tag to buddies of a given user

  • US 9,848,246 B2
  • Filed: 06/19/2017
  • Issued: 12/19/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/05/2005
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method comprising:

  • identifying, by a server on the network, one or more buddies associated with a user;

    selecting, by the server, upon determining that a first buddy is active on the network, the first buddy selected from the one or more buddies;

    transmitting, by the server, a synchronization request to the first buddy;

    receiving, at the server, an acceptance of the synchronization request from the first buddy;

    retrieving, by the server, in response to the synchronization request, a profile of the first buddy the profile comprising a location of the first buddy;

    identifying, by the server, based on the retrieved location of the first buddy, one or more items of content available for both the first buddy and the user;

    receiving, at the server, a selection of a selected item of content from the one or more items of content from the user or the first buddy;

    synchronizing, at the server, based on information associated with the synchronization request, a starting time for the selected item; and

    transmitting, by the server, an instruction to start playback of the selected item at the starting time to a client device associated with the first buddy and a client device associated with the user.

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