Multilayer and synchronized communal social media system and method

A method for delivering multimedia content during a communal media session, comprising:

• at a communal media system, registering a plurality of user devices to participate in the communal media session;
• during the communal media session, retrieving, by a synchronization system, the multimedia content to be delivered to the plurality of user devices and receiving social media content generated by at least one of the plurality of user devices;
• separating, by the synchronization system, the multimedia content and the social media content into a set of prioritized layers;
• transmitting, by the synchronization system, the multimedia content and the social media content to the plurality of user devices;
• continuously receiving, by the synchronization system, at least one of timestamp receipts and fragment identifier acknowledgements associated with receipt of the multimedia content from the plurality of user devices;
• and
• adjusting, by the synchronization system, simultaneous deliveries of the multimedia content and the social media content to the plurality of user devices, based on a priority associated with each layer and at least one of the timestamp receipts and the fragment identifier acknowledgements received from each of the plurality of user devices,
• wherein the multimedia content and the social media content are delivered to each of the plurality of user devices at a same time.

A method for sharing multimedia content generated on a host user device in a communal media session, comprising:

• registering, at a communal media system, a plurality of user devices to participate in the communal media session, the plurality of user devices including the host user device and at least one non-host user device;
• and
• during the communal media session:
• retrieving, by a synchronization system, a recording from the host user device, wherein the recording includes multimedia content to be delivered to the at least one non-host user device;
• receiving, by the synchronization system, social media content generated by at least one of the plurality of user devices;
• separating, by the synchronization system, the multimedia content and the social media content into a set of prioritized layers;
• transmitting, by the synchronization system, the multimedia content to the at least one non-host user device based on a host timestamp offset associated with the host user device and transmitting the social media content among the plurality of user devices;
• continuously receiving, by the synchronization system, at least one of non-host user device timestamp receipts and non-host user device fragment identifier acknowledgements associated with receipt of the multimedia content from the at least one non-host user device;
• and
• adjusting, by the synchronization system, simultaneous deliveries of the multimedia content and the social media content to the plurality of user devices, based on a priority associated with each layer and at least one of the non-host user device timestamp receipts and the non-host user device fragment identifier acknowledgements,
• wherein the multimedia content and the social media content are delivered to each of the plurality of user devices at a same time.