SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR VIRTUAL SOCIAL COLOCATION

摘要

A system and method for virtual social colocation with dynamic participation and audience among users with defined relationships are disclosed. In one embodiment, bridging of digital content and audio and/or video streams originating from one of first end points and incoming audio and/or video streams from remaining first end points is enabled on the one of the first end points. Further, first integrated audio and/or video streams and a second integrated audio and/or video stream are created based on the digital content and the audio and/or video streams originating from the one of the first end points and the incoming audio and/or video streams and sent to the remaining first end points and a virtual social colocation service (VSCS), respectively, by the one of the first end points. Also, the second integrated audio and/or video stream is broadcasted to the second end points by the VSCS.

主权项

1. A method, comprising:
communicatively connecting at least two first end points, at least one second end point and a virtual social colocation service (VSCS) via a communication network; enabling bridging, on one of the at least two first end points, of digital content and audio and/or video streams originating from the one of the at least two first end points and incoming audio and/or video streams from remaining first end points via the communication network; creating one or more first integrated audio and/or video streams and a second integrated audio and/or video stream based on the digital content and the audio and/or video streams originating from the one of the at least two first end points and the incoming audio and/or video streams by the one of the at least two first end points; sending the one or more first integrated audio and/or video streams to the remaining first end points and the second integrated audio and/or video stream to the VSCS by the one of the at least two first end points via the communication network; and broadcasting, by the VSCS, the second integrated audio and/or video stream to the at least one second end point for viewing and/or listening via the communication network.