Apparatus and method for on-demand multi-device social network experience sharing

A tangible computer-readable medium storing instructions which, when executed by a processor of a service provider of a communication network that provides a communication service, cause the processor to perform operations, the operations comprising:

• establishing a first video session with a mobile endpoint device of a user, the first video session containing a video of a live event at a commercial venue that the user is attending, wherein the establishing is performed after the mobile endpoint device is authenticated as being allowed to capture the video of the live event at the commercial venue;
• receiving at least one social media connection of the user for receiving the video;
• sending a notification to each social media connection of the at least one social media connection that the video is available;
• receiving a request from the at least one social media connection to access the video;
• and
• establishing a second video session with an endpoint device of the at least social media connection to provide the video.

An apparatus, comprising:

• a processor of a service provider of a communication network that provides a communication service;
• and
• a computer-readable storage device storing a plurality of instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations, the operations comprising:
• establishing a first video session with a mobile endpoint device of a user, the first video session containing a video of a live event at a commercial venue that the user is attending, wherein the establishing is performed after the mobile endpoint device is authenticated as being allowed to capture the video of the live event at the commercial venue;
• receiving at least one social media connection of the user for receiving the video;
• sending a notification to each social media connection of the at least one social media connection that the video is available;
• receiving a request from the at least one social media connection to access the video;
• and
• establishing a second video session with an endpoint device of the at least social media connection to provide the video.