Playing of media content among multiple devices using a temporal progress

A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising computer readable program code embodied therein, wherein when executed by a processor causes the processor to:

• (a) receive, by a second device, an instruction to play a second copy of the media content on the second device;
• (b) in response to receiving the instruction, obtain, by the second device, a first progress information associated with a first device, the first progress information comprising a current progress in a playing of a first copy of the media content by the first device;
• (c) create, by the second device, a second progress information associated with the second copy of the media content and the second device based on the first progress information;
• (d) fetch, by the second device, the second copy of the media content based on the second progress information;
• (e) simultaneously play the first copy of the media content by the first device using the first progress information and play the second copy of the media content by the second device using the second progress information;
• and
• (f) simultaneously and separately update the first progress information by the first device based on the playing of the first copy of the media content by the first device and update the second progress information by the second device based on the playing of the second copy of the media content by the second device.

A system, comprising:

• a first device for creating a first progress information associated with a first copy of a media content and the first device, the first progress information comprising a current progress in a playing of the first copy of the media content by the first device;
• and
• a second device for:
• (a) receiving an instruction to play a second copy of the media content on the second device;
• (b) in response to receiving the instruction, obtaining the first progress information from the first device;
• (c) creating a second progress information associated with the second copy of the media content and the second device based on the first progress information;
• and
• (d) fetching the second copy of the media content based on the second progress information;
• (e) simultaneously playing the second copy of the media content by the second device using the second progress information with the playing the first copy of the media content by the first device using the first progress information;
• and
• (f) simultaneously and separately updating the second progress information by the second device based on the playing of the second copy of the media content by the second device from an updating of the first progress information by the first device based on the playing of the first copy of the media content by the first device.