Technologies for multi-user interactive media streaming

A broadcast management server for streaming multi-user broadcasts, the broadcast management server comprising a processor executing instructions stored in memory, wherein the instructions cause the processor to:

• (a) receive multimedia data captured of a first user of a plurality of users from a first remote computing device;
• (b) stream a first multimedia broadcast comprising the multimedia data captured of the first user;
• (c) receive a request to participate in the streamed first multimedia broadcast from a second remote computing device;
• (d) receive, from the second remote computing device, multimedia data captured of a second user of the plurality of users in response to a determination that the request to participate in the streamed first multimedia broadcast is accepted;
• (e) merge the multimedia data captured of the first user and the multimedia data captured of the second user to generate a merged multimedia broadcast of the first and second users;
• (f) archive a previously streamed multimedia broadcast, the previously streamed multimedia broadcast comprising multimedia data captured of an inactive user with an inactive user computing device;
• (g) in response to a request from a third remote computing device to receive a broadcast feed interface, automatically identify contacts followed by a third user associated with the third remote computing device, wherein the identified followed contacts comprise the inactive user and one or both of the first user and the second user;
• (h) generate the broadcast feed interface for the third user, the broadcast feed interface comprises a plurality of multimedia posts, wherein a first multimedia post of the plurality of multimedia posts comprises a first display area configured to display the streamed merged multimedia broadcast of the first and second users, and a second multimedia post of the plurality of multimedia posts comprises a second display area configured to display the previously streamed multimedia broadcast in response to a determination that the inactive user is not currently streaming a live multimedia broadcast;
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• (i) transmit the broadcast feed interface to the third remote computing device for presentation to the third user.

A method for managing streaming multi-user broadcasts, the method comprising, with a processor of a broadcast management server:

• (a) receiving multimedia data captured of a first user of a plurality of users from a first remote computing device;
• (b) streaming a first multimedia broadcast comprising the multimedia data captured of the first user;
• (c) receiving a request to participate in the streamed first multimedia broadcast from a second remote computing device;
• (d) receiving, from the second remote computing device, multimedia data captured of a second user of the plurality of users in response to a determination that the request to participate in the streamed first multimedia broadcast is accepted;
• (e) merging the multimedia data captured of the first user and the multimedia data captured of the second user to generate a merged multimedia broadcast of the first and second users;
• (f) archiving a previously streamed multimedia broadcast, the previously streamed multimedia broadcast comprising multimedia data captured of an inactive user with an inactive user computing device;
• (g) in response to a request from a third remote computing device to receive a broadcast feed interface, automatically identifying contacts followed by a third user associated with the third remote computing device, wherein the identified followed contacts comprise the inactive user and one or both of the first user and the second user;
• (h) generating the broadcast feed interface for the third user, the broadcast feed interface comprising a plurality of multimedia posts, wherein a first multimedia post of the plurality of multimedia posts comprises a first display area configured to display the streamed merged multimedia broadcast of the first and second users, and a second multimedia post of the plurality of multimedia posts comprises a second display area configured to display the previously streamed multimedia broadcast in response to a determination that the inactive user is not currently streaming a live multimedia broadcast;
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• (i) transmitting the broadcast feed interface to the third remote computing device for presentation to the third user.

A broadcast management server for streaming multi-user broadcasts, the broadcast management server comprising a processor executing instructions stored in memory, wherein the instructions cause the processor to:

• (a) during a live multimedia broadcast session initiated by a first user of a plurality of users, receive multimedia data captured of the first user from a first remote computing device;
• (b) stream a first multimedia broadcast comprising the multimedia data captured of the first user;
• (c) after a second remote computing device joins the live multimedia broadcast session initiated by the first user, receive, from the second remote computing device, multimedia data captured of a second user of the plurality of users;
• (d) merge the multimedia data captured of the first user and the multimedia data captured of the second user to generate a merged multimedia broadcast as part of the first multimedia broadcast;
• (e) archive a previously streamed multimedia broadcast, the previously streamed multimedia broadcast comprising multimedia data captured of an inactive user with an inactive user computing device;
• (f) in response to a request from a third remote computing device to receive a broadcast feed interface, automatically identify contacts followed by a third user associated with the third remote computing device, wherein the identified followed contacts comprise the inactive user and one or both of the first user and the second user;
• (g) generate the broadcast feed interface for the third user, the broadcast feed interface comprising a plurality of multimedia posts, wherein a first multimedia post of the plurality of multimedia posts comprises an indication of the first multimedia broadcast, and, in response to a determination that the inactive user is not currently streaming a live multimedia broadcast, a second multimedia post of the plurality of multimedia posts comprises an indication of the previously streamed multimedia broadcast;
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• (h) cause the broadcast feed interface to display on the third remote computing device.