Playing of media content among multiple devices using a temporal progress

A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising computer readable program code embodied therein for playing media content among a plurality of devices by a group of users, the group of users comprising at least a first user and a second user, wherein when executed by a processor causes the processor to:

• (a) receive, by a second device, an instruction from the second user 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 of the first user, 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;
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• (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 for playing media content among a plurality of devices by a group of users, the group of users comprising at least a first user and a second user, comprising:

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