Playing of media content among multiple devices using a temporal progress

摘要

In a playing of media content among multiple devices, a first device creates a first progress information associated with a media content and the first device. The first progress information includes a current progress in a playing of the media content by the first device. When a second device receives an instruction to play the media content, the second device obtains the first progress information from the first device, creates a second progress information associated with the media content and the second device based on the first progress information, fetches the media content based on the second progress information, and plays the media content using the second progress information. In this manner, a progress in playing the media content is tied to the device playing the media content, and this progress may be shared with another device in the playing of the media content on the other device.

主权项

1. A method for playing media content among multiple devices, comprising:
(a) receiving, 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, obtaining, 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) creating, 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) fetching, by the second device, 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; and (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.