Social networking system and methods of implementation
AssigneeLutebox Ltd.
InventorsOwais Shaikh, Syed Ali Ahmed
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Abstract
A social networking system that allows video chatting in combination with other interactive social activities such as, for example, shopping, picture sharing and viewing streaming videos, amongst others, is disclosed. A method implemented in a computing infrastructure includes initiating a user session by generating a unique user ID and group ID for the user session. The method further includes streaming at least one of music and video to a plurality of users on separate computing devices within the user session. The method further includes providing video chatting amongst the plurality of users on the separate computing devices, within the session, at the same time as the streaming.
Claims20
A method implemented in a computing infrastructure, comprising:
- initiating a user session by generating a unique user ID and group ID for the user session;
- streaming at least one of music and video to a plurality of users on separate computing devices within the user session;
- and
- providing video chatting amongst the plurality of users on the separate computing devices, within the session, at the same time as the streaming.
A system comprising at least one processing engine operable to:
- initiate a user session by generating a unique user ID and group ID for the user session;
- and
- stream video and/or music within the user session to a plurality of users while simultaneously providing video chatting amongst the plurality of users having access to the user session, wherein:
- the video chatting is provided on a different channel than the streaming video or music;
- the streaming video and/or music can be changed by a single user without disrupting the video chatting;
- and
- the streaming video and/or music is stored in a central storage system on a computing network such that a same quality of the streaming video and/or music is streamed at the same time to all of the plurality of users invited to the user session.
A computer program product comprising a computer usable storage medium having readable program code embodied in the storage medium, the computer program product includes at least one component operable to:
- initiate a user session;
- access streaming video or music via a single interactive interface within the user session;
- share the streamed stream video or music on separate computing devices of a plurality of users within the user session;
- and
- communicate amongst a plurality of users by video chatting in the user session as the streaming, wherein:
- the communicating is provided in a same session but on a different channel than the streaming such that a change in content will not disrupt the video chatting.
A computer system for interactive social networking, the system comprising:
- a CPU, a computer readable memory and a computer readable storage media;
- first program instructions to initiate a user session by generating a unique user ID and group ID;
- second program instructions to stream video or music, in real time and within the user session, to any of a plurality of separate computing devices by assigning the unique ID and group ID of the user session to the separate computing devices as requested by an initiating user of the user session;
- and
- third program instructions to provide video chatting in real time within the user session, and on a different channel than the streaming,
- wherein the first, second, and third program instructions are stored on the computer readable storage media for execution by the CPU via the computer readable memory.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.