Facilitating Media Streaming with Social Interaction

摘要

Disclosed are various embodiments for facilitating social interaction during a media item transmission. A group of participants may be formed based on a variety of factors. A media item is rendered on a first portion of a media player user interface. On a second portion of the media player user interface group members may communicate with each other concurrent with the streaming media item. The entire experience may be stored and replayed at another time.

主权项

1. A non-transitory computer-readable medium embodying a program executable in at least one computing device, comprising:
code that transmits a media item to a client device as part of a first media item transmission, the media item to be rendered on a media player user interface on the client device, and the client device being associated with a user; code that receives a request from the user to join a group of participants that have indicated an interest in participating in a media transmission event, the media transmission event comprising a second media item transmission of the media item to a plurality of client devices, the media item to be rendered on the media player user interface on the plurality of client devices, wherein the plurality of client devices is associated with the participants in the group, wherein the request is received during the first media item transmission of the media item to the client device; code that synchronizes the second media item transmission of the media item to the plurality of client devices with the first media item transmission to the client device associated with the user, the media item to be rendered on the media player user interface on the client device and the plurality of client devices; and code that facilitates an interaction between the user and other participants in the group through the media player user interface on the client device concurrent with rendering of the media item, the interaction comprising an exchange of a plurality of communications between the participants in the group during the media transmission event.