- Number
- 10091460
- Published
- 2018-10-02
- Filed
- 2008-03-31
- Assignee
- Disney Enterprises, Inc.
- Inventors
- Barsook; Jonathan David et al.
- CPC
- G06F3/048; H04N7/15
- Verdict
- Set aside online viewing-party streaming plumbing
- Source
- Google Patents · FreePatentsOnline
Abstract
Various embodiments of systems, methods, computer devices, and computer software for providing an asynchronous online viewing party are provided. One embodiment comprises a system for providing an online viewing party. One such system comprises: a server operatively coupled to a database for supporting the online viewing party, the database comprising: content to be asynchronously provided to participants of the online viewing party; and time-based events provided by one or more of the participants, the time-based events associated with the content and linked to corresponding locations in the content; and a user interface configured to interface with the server, the user interface comprising logic configured to display the content and the time-based events.
Background
BACKGROUND(1) The Internet and the World Wide Web (WWW, or “Web”) provide various ways for people to interact with each other, including, for example, email, chat rooms, web logs (commonly referred to as “blogs”), discussion boards or forums, and social networking applications. Some of these and other forms of communication support the creation of online communities comprising groups of people with common interests who interact through the Internet and the Web. A popular area of interest for online communities includes movies, television programs, online videos, user-generated content, or other offline or online content.(2) Currently there are numerous online communities that have been created to enable members to exchange messages about the content of common interest. The content of common interest is viewed, played, or otherwise consumed by the members of the online community, either online or offline, and then the members engage in an online discussion about the content. For example, there are a number of blogs, chat boards, and discussion boards through which users frequently discuss the consumed content.(3) One type of community is a blog, which is a website in which entries are commonly displayed in reverse chronological order. The blog author posts commentary regarding the consumed content. A typical blog may combine text, images, and links to other blogs, web pages, and other media related to the consumed content. Some blogs include an interactive feature that enables
Claims
1. A method comprising: creating a list of participants allowed to provide comments on a video content, the list of participants including a first participant and a second participant; receiving a first playback request for a video content provided using a first playback button of a first user interface; presenting, in response to the first playback request, the video content via the first user interface to the first participant; receiving a first comment from the first participant at a first time while presenting the video content, wherein the first comment comprises at least one of a text-based comment, a video comment, and an audio comment; linking the first comment to a first temporal location in the video content corresponding to the first time; receiving a second playback request for the video content provided using a second playback button of a second user interface; presenting, in response to the second playback request, the video content via the second user interface to the second participant; and while presenting the video content via the second user interface to the second participant, presenting the comments only from each participant in the list of participants to the second participant via the second user interface, wherein the presenting of the comments to the second participant includes: determining that the first temporal location in the video content corresponding to the first time is reached; and in response to the determining, presenting the first comment from the first participant to the second participant via the second user interface, wherein presenting the first comment comprises at least one of displaying the at least one of the text-based comment and the video comment, and generating sound corresponding to the audio comment, via the second user interface; wherein the video content is one of a plurality of presently available episodes of a show, and wherein the method comprises automatically creating, using the list of participants, a new list of participants for a new episode of the show when the new episode becomes available.
10. A server comprising: a processor configured to: create a list of participants allowed to provide comments on a video content, the list of participants including a first participant and a second participant; receive a first playback request for a video content provided using a first playback button of a first user interface; present, in response to the first playback request, the video content via the first user interface to the first participant; receive a first comment from the first participant at a first time while presenting the video content, wherein the first comment comprises at least one of a text-based comment, a video comment, and an audio comment; link the first comment to a first temporal location in the video content corresponding to the first time; receive a second playback request for the video content provided using a second playback button of a second user interface; present, in response to the second playback request, the video content via the second user interface to the second participant; while presenting the video content via the second user interface to the second participant, presenting the comments only from each participant in the list of participants to the second participant via the second user interface, wherein the presenting of the comments to the second participant includes: determining that the first temporal location in the video content corresponding to the first time is reached; and in response to determining, presenting the first comment from the first participant to the second participant via the second user interface, wherein presenting the first comment comprises at least one of displaying the at least one of the text-based comment and the video comment, and generating sound corresponding to the audio comment, via the second user interface; wherein the video content is one of a plurality of presently available episodes of a show, and wherein the processor is further configured to automatically create, using the list of participants, a new list of participants for a new episode of the show when the new episode becomes available.