Mobile device capable of substantially synchronized sharing of streaming media with other devices

A mobile device that receives a streaming content, the mobile device comprising:

• a communication circuitry that facilitates establishing a communication link with a plurality of other mobile devices;
• the mobile device receiving the streaming content and sharing it with substantial synchronization with the plurality of other mobile devices in real time employing the communication circuitry;
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• the mobile device managing synchronized viewing of the streaming content with the plurality of other mobile devices by coordinating pauses, buffering, resumptions, restarts and terminations based on events reported by the mobile device and by the plurality of other mobile devices it is communicatively coupled with.

A mobile device in a network that comprises a plurality of mobile devices that communicate, the mobile device comprising:

• the mobile device sharing a first content for simultaneous presentation with a first device, a second device and a third device among the plurality of devices, wherein the display of the first content in the mobile device is substantially synchronized with its corresponding display in the first device, the second device and the third device;
• the mobile device receiving from the second device a first signal and pausing sharing of the first content;
• the mobile device subsequently receiving from the second device a second signal and resuming sharing of the first content;
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• the first device continuing to share the first content with the second device on resumption.