Collaborative streaming of video content

摘要

A system, method and various user interfaces enable visually browsing multiple groups of video recommendations. A video stream includes a group of videos to be viewed and commented by users who join the stream. Users who join a stream form a stream community. In a stream community, community members can add videos to the stream and interact collaboratively with others community members, such as chatting in real time with each other while viewing a video. With streams, a user can create a virtual room in an online video content distribution environment to watch videos of the streams and interact with others while sharing videos simultaneously. Consequently, users have an enhanced video viewing and sharing experience.

主权项

1. A computer-implemented method for providing video content, the method comprising:
using a computer processor configured to perform steps comprising:
creating a video stream comprising a plurality of videos contributed by a plurality of users;associating a community chat room with the video stream, the community chat room constituting a portion of a user interface commonly displayed to each of a plurality of users of the video stream, and a chat message from a user of the plurality of the users and an indicia of a video of the video stream being displayed to the user being concurrently displayed in the chat room to other users of the plurality of the users, the plurality of the users viewing, at the same time, the same or different videos included the video stream displayed in the user interface; andresponsive to a request received from a second user of the plurality of the users to view a video in the video stream, simultaneously displaying the requested video and the chat message being currently displayed in the community chat room to the second user.