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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 31, 2013
Filed:
Feb. 16, 2012
Bill Nguyen, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Vincent Mallet, Portola Valley, CA (US);
Nicholas Woods, San Francisco, CA (US);
Jessica Cheng, Mountain View, CA (US);
Sandip Chokshi, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Ganesh Ramanarayanan, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Megan Streich, San Francisco, CA (US);
Bill Nguyen, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Vincent Mallet, Portola Valley, CA (US);
Nicholas Woods, San Francisco, CA (US);
Jessica Cheng, Mountain View, CA (US);
Sandip Chokshi, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Ganesh Ramanarayanan, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Megan Streich, San Francisco, CA (US);
Color Labs, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Abstract
Example systems and methods of content sharing within a social networking environment are presented. In one example, a first user device that is available to provide live media content is detected. A second user related to a first user of the first user device is identified within a social network. A notification of the availability of the first user device is transmitted to a second user device being operated by the second user. The notification is presented within a social networking website of the social network. In response to the notification, a request to receive the live media content is received from the second user device. In response to the request, transmission of the live media content provided by the first user device to the second user device is initiated, the live media content being presented within the social networking website.