Enabling video viewer interaction

One or more non-transitory machine-readable storage devices storing instructions that are executable by one or more processing devices to perform operations comprising:

• storing, in computer memory, a profile of a user of an interactive video system implemented by one or more servers, the profile comprising identifying information for the user, at least some of the identifying information being unique to the user;
• outputting, by one or more processing devices, data to a video device of the user representing an electronic program guide, the electronic program guide comprising elements representing channels of video that are accessible through the electronic program guide, where the elements are ordered and displayed dynamically according to statistics maintained by the interactive video system, where the statistics include a number of unique identifiers (IDs) created in response to a user request to view a particular show, a number of Web socket identifiers that relate to a particular show, authentication keys associated with users, and a number of converted-video streams that relate to a particular show;
• receiving, by the one or more processing devices, a selection from a computing device of the user to watch a channel of video that is accessible through the electronic program guide, the selection being identifiable as being from the user;
• adding, by the one or more processing devices and based on the selection, at least some of the identifying information to a data structure stored in computer memory, the data structure associating the at least some identifying information with the channel of video corresponding to the selection;
• identifying, by the one or more processing devices and based on the data structure, a group of users, which includes the user, who are watching the channel of video during a same time period;
• generating, by the one more processing devices, data representing graphical objects associated with the users in the group who are watching the channel of video during the same time period and available to interact via the interactive video system;
• and
• outputting the data to the video device of the user to enable rendering the graphical objects on a display screen of the video device.

A system comprising:

• memory storing instructions that are executable;
• and
• one or more processing devices to execute the instruction to perform operations comprising:
• storing, in computer memory, a profile of a user of an interactive video system implemented by one or more servers, the profile comprising identifying information for the user, at least some of the identifying information being unique to the user;
• outputting, by one or more processing devices, data to a video device of the user representing an electronic program guide, the electronic program guide comprising elements representing channels of video that are accessible through the electronic program guide, where the elements are ordered and displayed dynamically according to statistics maintained by the interactive video system, where the statistics include a number of unique identifiers (IDs) created in response to a user request to view a particular show, a number of Web socket identifiers that relate to a particular show, authentication keys associated with users, and a number of converted-video streams that relate to a particular show;
• receiving, by the one or more processing devices, a selection from a computing device of the user to watch a channel of video that is accessible through the electronic program guide, the selection being identifiable as being from the user;
• adding, by the one or more processing devices and based on the selection, at least some of the identifying information to a data structure stored in computer memory, the data structure associating the at least some identifying information with the channel of video corresponding to the selection;
• identifying, by the one or more processing devices and based on the data structure, a group of users, which includes the user, who are watching the channel of video during a same time period;
• generating, by the one more processing devices, data representing graphical objects associated with the users in the group who are watching the channel of video during the same time period and available to interact via the interactive video system;
• and
• outputting the data to the video device of the user to enable rendering the graphical objects on a display screen of the video device.