US 11,943,270 B2
Method and apparatus for coviewing video
Garry M Paxinos, Pompano Beach, FL (US); Anastasios Kyriakides, Hollywood, FL (US); Kenneth Alvin Hosfeld, Coral Springs, FL (US); and Anastasios Nicholas Kyriakides, II, Plantation, FL (US)
Assigned to NT IP Holdings, LLC, Fort Lauderdale, FL (US)
Filed by NetTalk.com, Inc., Miami Gardens, FL (US)
Filed on Apr. 5, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/222,359.
Application 17/222,359 is a division of application No. 16/055,364, filed on Aug. 6, 2018, granted, now 10,972,521.
Application 16/055,364 is a continuation of application No. 15/374,914, filed on Dec. 9, 2016, granted, now 10,044,975, issued on Aug. 7, 2018.
Application 15/374,914 is a continuation of application No. 15/130,034, filed on Apr. 15, 2016, granted, now 9,521,367, issued on Dec. 13, 2016.
Application 15/130,034 is a continuation of application No. 14/863,055, filed on Sep. 23, 2015, granted, now 9,319,746, issued on Apr. 19, 2016.
Application 14/863,055 is a continuation of application No. 14/057,428, filed on Oct. 18, 2013, granted, now 9,148,611, issued on Sep. 29, 2015.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/798,034, filed on Mar. 15, 2013.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/715,553, filed on Oct. 18, 2012.
Prior Publication US 2021/0227010 A1, Jul. 22, 2021
Int. Cl. H04L 65/612 (2022.01); H04L 65/403 (2022.01); H04L 65/613 (2022.01); H04L 65/70 (2022.01); H04N 5/45 (2011.01); H04N 21/43 (2011.01); H04N 21/431 (2011.01); H04N 21/472 (2011.01)
CPC H04L 65/612 (2022.05) [H04L 65/403 (2013.01); H04L 65/613 (2022.05); H04L 65/70 (2022.05); H04N 5/45 (2013.01); H04N 21/43072 (2020.08); H04N 21/4316 (2013.01); H04N 21/47202 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for coviewing media comprising:
receiving, at a primary user device, a reference to media stored on an external media network;
sending the reference to a chat server from the primary user device;
in response to the sending the reference to the chat server from the primary user device step, receiving, from the chat server, a timestamp indicative of a current duration of the media on a secondary user device as of the sending the reference to the chat server from the primary user device step;
receiving a media audio signal and a media video signal from the external media network based upon the received timestamp;
receiving a chat audio signal from the chat server;
processing the chat audio signal, the media audio signal, and the media video signal into a combined output stream;
playing the combined output stream at the primary user device;
recording, at the primary user device, a recording stream that includes a portion of the combined output stream;
dampening the portion of the combined output stream from the recording stream to form a transmission stream; and
transmitting the transmission stream to the chat server.