| 20080313278 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SHARING VIDEOS - A method and apparatus for sharing a multimedia stream between an initiator and one or more viewers. The initiator's platform transcodes the multimedia into a stream, based on parameters, indications and commands received from all viewers including the initiator. Thus, the multimedia stream is presented to all viewers without having to upload the clip to a storage server, thus accounting for immediate synchronized display, enabling all viewers to control the stream by stopping, seeking a position or the like. In streaming the multimedia, the quality of service available at each viewer computing platform is considered, so that the multimedia remains synchronized also if one or more viewers have a slower connection. | 12-18-2008 |
