Shareable video experience tailored to video-consumer device

A server system for distributing a shareable video experience among plural video-consumer devices, the system comprising:

• an experience-receiver module configured to receive from a provider device a data stream defining the shareable video experience;
• an experience-generator module configured to generate first and second shared video interfaces based on the data stream, the first and second shared video interfaces including respective first and second video streams conveying visual content of the shareable video experience;
• a distributor module configured to distribute, via a computer network, the first shared video interface to video-consumer devices capable of real-time interaction with the shareable video experience, the first shared video interface including a first set of interface controls separate from the first video stream within the first shared video interface, the first set of interface controls being useable by the video-consumer devices capable of real-time interaction to interact with, and influence, the shareable video experience;
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• the distributor module configured to distribute, via the computer network, the second shared video interface to video-consumer devices incapable of real-time interaction with the shareable video experience, the second shared video interface including a second set of interface controls separate from the second video stream within the second shared video interface, the second set of interface controls being useable by the video-consumer devices incapable of real-time interaction to view and interact with supplementary data in connection to the shareable video experience, wherein the supplementary data includes time-sensitive data corresponding to a current playback time of the second video stream.

A method for distributing a multiplayer video-game experience among plural video-consumer devices on a computer network, the method comprising:

• receiving from a provider device a data stream representing the video-game experience;
• generating first and second shared video interfaces based on the data stream, the first and second shared video interfaces including respective first and second video streams conveying visual content of the video-game experience;
• distributing the first shared video interface to video-consumer devices capable of real-time interaction with the video-game experience, the first shared video interface including a first set of interface controls separate from the first video stream within the first shared video experience, the first set of interface controls being useable by the video-consumer devices capable of real-time interaction to interact with, and influence, the video-game experience;
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• distributing the second shared video interface to video-consumer devices incapable of real-time interaction with the video-game experience, the second shared video experience including a second set of interface controls separate from the second video stream within the second shared video interface, the second set of interface controls being useable by the video-consumer devices incapable of real-time interaction to view and interact with supplementary data in connection to the video-game experience, wherein the supplementary data includes time-sensitive data corresponding to a current playback time of the second video stream.