US 11,893,558 B2
System and method for collaborative shopping, business and entertainment
M. A. Sami Siddique, Mississauga (CA); Abida Raouf, Mississauga (CA); Abdul Aziz Raouf, Mississauga (CA); and Jesse Smith, Madoc (CA)
Assigned to DRESSBOT, INC., Toronto (CA)
Filed by DRESSBOT, INC., Toronto (CA)
Filed on Dec. 21, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/128,657.
Application 17/128,657 is a continuation of application No. 15/087,323, filed on Mar. 31, 2016, granted, now 10,872,322.
Application 15/087,323 is a continuation in part of application No. 13/612,593, filed on Sep. 12, 2012, granted, now 10,002,337, issued on Jun. 19, 2018.
Application 13/612,593 is a continuation of application No. 12/409,074, filed on Mar. 23, 2009, abandoned.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/064,713, filed on Mar. 21, 2008.
Prior Publication US 2021/0224765 A1, Jul. 22, 2021
Int. Cl. G06Q 30/00 (2023.01); G06Q 20/12 (2012.01); G06Q 20/40 (2012.01); G06Q 20/20 (2012.01); G06Q 30/0601 (2023.01); G06Q 50/00 (2012.01); G06Q 10/1093 (2023.01); G06T 17/00 (2006.01); G06Q 30/02 (2023.01); G06Q 10/0637 (2023.01); G06Q 40/12 (2023.01); G06Q 10/101 (2023.01); G06Q 20/10 (2012.01); G06T 19/00 (2011.01); G06Q 20/04 (2012.01); G06Q 10/10 (2023.01); G16H 10/60 (2018.01)
CPC G06Q 20/12 (2013.01) [G06Q 10/0637 (2013.01); G06Q 10/10 (2013.01); G06Q 10/101 (2013.01); G06Q 10/1095 (2013.01); G06Q 20/047 (2020.05); G06Q 20/10 (2013.01); G06Q 20/20 (2013.01); G06Q 20/204 (2013.01); G06Q 20/40 (2013.01); G06Q 20/407 (2013.01); G06Q 30/02 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0601 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0605 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0631 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0643 (2013.01); G06Q 40/12 (2013.12); G06Q 50/01 (2013.01); G06T 17/00 (2013.01); G06T 19/00 (2013.01); G16H 10/60 (2018.01); G06T 2200/08 (2013.01); G06T 2210/16 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
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1. A method, comprising:
providing, by a computing device, an interface to a user of a remote user device in a network;
receiving, by the computing device, a user selection of one or more contacts of the user as invitees to a synchronized video sharing session via the interface, wherein participants view content in a synchronous manner on respective user devices of the participants, the content including video content, and wherein the video content is displayed to participants in a synchronized manner such that all participants are simultaneously shown a same frame of the video content;
sending, by the computing device, an invitation to the one or more contacts of the user via the network based on the user selection;
receiving, by the computing device, an acceptance of the invitation from the one or more contacts of the user;
providing, by the computing device, the content synchronously to the remote user device of the user and other remote user devices of the respective one or more contacts of the user via the interface based on receiving the acceptance from the one or more contacts of the user, wherein the user and the one or more contacts of the user are participants in the synchronized video sharing session and can view the content synchronously during the synchronized video sharing session; and
providing, by the computing device, functions of an application to the participants synchronously, wherein the functions enable the participants to interact with the video content in real-time during the synchronized session, and wherein all participants view interactions with the video content simultaneously.