US 11,924,264 B2
Establishing trust networks in a communal media session
John Jeff Martin, Hillsborough, CA (US); Delmond Newton, Philadelphia, PA (US); and Krishnan Rajam, Germantown, MD (US)
Assigned to GROOPVIEW INC, Philadelphia, PA (US)
Filed by Groopview Inc., Philadelplia, PA (US)
Filed on Apr. 3, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/130,110.
Application 18/130,110 is a continuation in part of application No. 17/533,474, filed on Nov. 23, 2021, granted, now 11,722,543.
Application 17/533,474 is a continuation in part of application No. 17/221,886, filed on Apr. 5, 2021, granted, now 11,558,441.
Application 17/221,886 is a continuation of application No. 16/951,404, filed on Nov. 18, 2020, granted, now 11,388,215.
Prior Publication US 2023/0239335 A1, Jul. 27, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04L 65/60 (2022.01); G06Q 50/00 (2012.01); H04L 9/32 (2006.01); H04L 65/4053 (2022.01); H04L 65/611 (2022.01); H04L 65/75 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 65/762 (2022.05) [G06Q 50/01 (2013.01); H04L 9/3226 (2013.01); H04L 9/3297 (2013.01); H04L 65/4053 (2013.01); H04L 65/611 (2022.05)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
14. A method of forming a trust network in a communal session of a communal media system comprising a processor to execute functions of the communal media system and a memory to store data of the communal session, the method, comprising:
communicatively coupling the communal media system with a streaming application and executing the communal media system within the streaming application,
receiving a source location for multimedia content selected in the streaming application and sharing the source location with a player, in the streaming application, that transmits the multimedia content to user devices participating in the communal session;
during the communal session, presenting offerings to the user devices in the communal session;
obtaining user data associated with user interactions with the offerings;
analyzing the user data;
optimizing information presented to the user devices in the communal session based on the user data; and
synchronizing delivery, to the user devices, of the multimedia content and social media content generated on the user devices,
wherein the multimedia content and the social media content are delivered to the user devices at a same time, without any noticeable lag time during receipt of the multimedia content and the social media content by the user devices.