Systems and methods for sharing of media sessions within a social network

摘要

In one embodiment, a computing device identifies a set of second users to participate in an ongoing media session which was initiated by a first user. Each of the identified second users has a social-networking relationship with the first user, or a social-networking relationship with a media item of the ongoing media session. The computing device provisions the ongoing media session to second users, so that the second users join the ongoing media session in progress at the current point in time of the ongoing media session. The computing device sends a notification to the first user indicating that the second users have joined the ongoing media session.

主权项

1. A method comprising:
by one or more computing devices of a social-networking system, identifying a set of one or more second users to participate in an ongoing media session, wherein:
a first user initiated the ongoing media session, wherein the ongoing media session comprises one or more media items; andthe identification of each of the one or more second users is based on:
determining that at least one of the one or more media items is available to the second user;a social-networking relationship of the second user with respect to the first user; ora social-networking relationship of the second user with respect to the one or more media items; by the one or more computing devices, provisioning the ongoing media session to the identified second users, wherein the identified second users join the ongoing media session at a current point in time; and by the one or more computing devices, sending a notification to the first user indicating that the identified second users have joined the ongoing media session.