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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 05, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 18, 2013
Verizon and Redbox Digital Environment Services, Llc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Gong Zhang, Waltham, MA (US);
Gaurav D. Mehta, Brookline, MA (US);
Ishan Awasthi, Wilmington, MA (US);
Jian Huang, Sudbury, MA (US);
Jianxiu Hao, Lexington, MA (US);
Verizon and Redbox Digital Entertainment Services, LLC, Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Abstract
A system is configured to receive, from a first client device, a request to join a social media environment in which a second client device is participating; provide, to the first client device, information regarding media content associated with the social media environment and a number of playback positions from which to begin playback of the media content; receive, from the first client device, information selecting a playback position for the media content; provide, to the first client device, the media content via the social media environment beginning at the selected playback position; monitor interactions with the social media environment by the first client device and the second client device; detect a change of state for the social media environment; and provide, to the second client device, information associated with the change of state for the social media environment.