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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 24, 2009
Filed:
Apr. 23, 2004
Christopher T. Szeto, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Vinod P. Dhomse, Milpitas, CA (US);
Todd Beaupre, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Pierre Schiro, Culver City, CA (US);
Christopher T. Szeto, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Vinod P. Dhomse, Milpitas, CA (US);
Todd Beaupre, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Pierre Schiro, Culver City, CA (US);
Yahoo! Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
A system and method for enhancing the experience of a user using a communication program over the Internet or other network. The system and method according to one embodiment utilizes a user's status indicator in a communication program to share content such as music or videos among users. One system and method according to the present invention allows a user to display an indicator and to set an actionable status message which indicates to other users the media content that the first user is experiencing. In another embodiment, a user is given the ability to access content that other users are listening to or viewing at that time. The system and method in an alternate embodiment broadcast metadata about the user's content to other users and the other users are able to utilize that metadata to receive and experience the same or similar content that the first user is experiencing.