Multimedia Digital Content Retrieval, Matching, and Syncing Systems and Methods of Using the Same

• US 20150341406A1
• Filed: 12/31/2014
• Published: 11/26/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 05/23/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Radeeus, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Radeeus, Inc.
• Inventors: Rockefeller, Ryan, Rogers, Matt
• Granted Patent: US 9,860,289 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/403 Arrangements for multi-party communication, e.g. for conferences data switching systems for conference H04L12/18; arrangements for connecting several subscribers to a common circuit, i.e. affording conference facilities H04M3/56; television conferencing systems H04N7/15
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/612 for unicast
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/10 in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network software deployment G06F8/60; multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/51 Discovery or management thereof, e.g. service location protocol [SLP] or web services

Abstract

The present invention relates to a multimedia digital content retrieval, matching, and syncing systems and methods of using the same. Specifically, the present systems and methods provide a peer-to-peer live digital portal that lets users share the experience of multimedia content from multiple multimedia services in real-time.

Claims

1. A method for retrieving and syncing multimedia digital content among multiple multimedia devices by multiple users, the method comprising the steps of:

providing a first multimedia device;

providing a first multimedia service that a first user has access to, wherein the first multimedia service is accessible on the first multimedia device;

selecting a first multimedia content from the first multimedia service by the first user on the first multimedia device;

creating a first channel on the first multimedia device to display information relating to at least the first multimedia content;

playing at least the first multimedia content on the first multimedia device, wherein the first channel displays information relating to at least the first multimedia content;

providing access to the first channel to a second user using a second multimedia device, wherein the first multimedia service is accessible by the second multimedia device;

verifying that the second user independently has access to the first multimedia content from the first multimedia service; and

accessing at least the first multimedia content by the second multimedia device.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising the steps of:

recording a time point in the first multimedia content on the first multimedia device when the second user'"'"'s independent access to the first multimedia content from the first multimedia service is verified; and

synchronizing the first multimedia content and the multimedia content being accessed by the second multimedia device with the time point in the first multimedia content on the first multimedia device.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein the first multimedia content is selected from the group consisting of music, video, audio, live event, and any combination thereof.

4. The method of claim 1 further comprising the step of:

providing social network functions selected from the group consisting of messaging, liking, promoting, following, befriending, commenting, chatting, audio messaging, video messaging, audio voice-overs, video voice-overs, and any combination thereof.

5. The method of claim 1 further comprising the step of:

creating a playlist within the first multimedia service including at least the first multimedia content.

6. The method of claim 1 further comprising the steps of:

selecting a second multimedia content from the first multimedia service by the second user; and

creating a second channel on the second multimedia device to display information relating to at least the second multimedia content.

7. The method of claim 6 further comprising the steps of:

providing access to the second channel to a third user using a third multimedia device, wherein the first multimedia service is accessible by the third multimedia device;

verifying that the third user independently has access to the second multimedia content from the first multimedia service; and

accessing at least the second multimedia content by the third multimedia device.

8. A method for simultaneously syncing content on multimedia devices amongst multiple users, the method comprising the steps of:

providing a first multimedia device,

providing a first multimedia service that a first user has access to, wherein the first multimedia service is accessible on the first multimedia device;

selecting a first multimedia content from the first multimedia service by the first user on the first multimedia device;

creating a first channel on the first multimedia device to display information relating to at least the first multimedia content;

playing at least the first multimedia content on the first multimedia device, wherein the first channel displays information relating to at least the first multimedia content;

providing access to the first channel to a second user using a second multimedia device, wherein a second multimedia service is accessible on the second multimedia device;

verifying that the second user independently has access to the first multimedia content from the second multimedia service; and

playing at least the first multimedia content on the second multimedia device.

9. The method of claim 8, further comprising the steps of:

recording a time point in the first multimedia content on the first multimedia device when the second user'"'"'s independent access to the first multimedia content from the second multimedia service is verified; and

synchronizing the first multimedia content on the second multimedia device with the time point in the first multimedia content on the first multimedia device, wherein subsequent behavior on the first multimedia device is mimicked by the second multimedia device while the second multimedia device is synchronized with the first multimedia device.

10. The method of claim 8 wherein the first multimedia content is selected from the group consisting of music, video, audio, live event, and any combination thereof.

11. The method of claim 8 further comprising the step of:

providing social network functions selected from the group consisting of messaging, liking, promoting, commenting, chatting, audio messaging, video messaging, audio voice-overs, video voice-overs, and any combination thereof.

12. The method of claim 8 further comprising the steps of:

selecting a second multimedia content from the second multimedia service by the second user; and

creating a second channel on the second multimedia device to display information relating to at least the second multimedia content.

13. The method of claim 12 further comprising the steps of:

providing access to the second channel to a third user using a third multimedia device, wherein the second multimedia service is accessible on the third multimedia device;

verifying that the third user independently has access to the second multimedia content from the second multimedia service; and

playing at least the second multimedia content on the third multimedia device.

14. The method of claim 8 further comprising the step of:

creating a playlist within the second multimedia service including at least the first multimedia content.

15. A system for simultaneously syncing content amongst multiple users, the system comprising:

a first multimedia device and a second multimedia device interconnected;

a first multimedia service that a first user has access to, wherein the first multimedia service is accessible by the first user on the first multimedia device;

a first channel on the first multimedia device accessible by at least a second user using the second multimedia device, wherein the first channel provides information regarding a first multimedia content selected by the first user from the first multimedia service on the first multimedia device;

a content verifier that determines whether the second user has independent access to the first multimedia content when the second user accesses the first channel; and

a time synchronizer that initializes the first multimedia content on the second multimedia device at a time point the first multimedia content is being played on the first multimedia device.

16. The system of claim 15 wherein the first multimedia content is selected from the group consisting of music, video, audio, live event, and any combination thereof.

17. The system of claim 15 wherein the content verifier determines whether the second user has access to the first multimedia content through the first multimedia service.

18. The system of claim 15 wherein the content verifier determines whether the second user has access to the first multimedia content through a second multimedia service.

19. The system of claim 15 further comprising a second channel on the second multimedia device accessible over the network by at least the first user using the first multimedia device, wherein the second channel provides information regarding a second multimedia content selected by the second user from the first multimedia service on the second multimedia device.

20. The system of claim 15 further comprising a second channel on the second multimedia device accessible over the network by at least the first user using the first multimedia device, wherein the second channel provides information regarding a second multimedia content selected by the second user from a second multimedia service on the second multimedia device.