System, method and apparatus for content eavesdropping

Abstract

Techniques, devices, systems and methods to facilitate the ability of a user to simultaneously and substantially in real time transmit content to others, like a radio, whether a person adjacent them or a world away, and access the streaming content of others in real time. Through the synchronization of delivered content, two or more users can have a shared experience.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A real-time digital asset synchronization system comprising:
 a broadcast device, a first user of said broadcast device accessing a digital asset from a content server and communicating a content experience via a user server over a communication network, said user server assigning an identifier and at least one time-stamp corresponding to said broadcast device's access of said digital asset;   at least one listening device, said at least one listening device accessing said content experience of said broadcast device, a second user of said at least one listening device accessing said digital asset from said content server via said user server, said user server assigning said identifier and said at least one time-stamp corresponding to said broadcast device's access of said digital asset to said at least one listening device's access of said digital asset, such that said broadcast device and said at least one listening device experience synchronous access to said digital asset from said content server, said user server configures a plurality of user profiles, each user profile in the plurality of user profiles being configured to control one or more user actions within said content experience, and said user server further updates said plurality of user profiles in response to one or more user actions in real-time.   
     
     
         2 . The real-time digital asset synchronization system according to  claim 1 , wherein the user server comprises a plurality of user profiles, said user profiles are updated upon any activity of a respective user in broadcasting or partaking in a shared broadcast content experience. 
     
     
         3 . The real-time digital asset synchronization system according to  claim 2 , wherein said content sharing system periodically polls said user profiles, updating the user profiles having changes. 
     
     
         4 . A user server comprising:
 a plurality of user profiles, said user profiles including profiles of a first and a second user, said first user profile configured to access a digital asset from a content server and communicate a content experience via a user server over a communication network, said user server assigning an identifier and at least one time-stamp corresponding to said first user profile's access of said digital asset, said user server configures a plurality of user profiles, each user profile in the plurality of user profiles being configured to control one or more user actions within said content experience, said user server further updates said plurality of user profiles in response to one or more user actions in real-time;   said user profile of said first user containing an identifier of said at least one content, said at least one content resident on a content server in communication with said user server, and a time-stamp for said digital asset; and,   said second user accessing said digital asset from said content server via said user server, said user server assigning the identifier and the least one time-stamp to said second user, such that said first user and said second user experience synchronous access to said digital asset from said content server;   
       a synchronizer, said synchronizer synchronizing said at least one content at said second user to the content experience of said first user using said identifier and said time-stamp, whereby said second user shares the content experience with said first user. 
     
     
         5 . The user server according to  claim 4 , wherein a plurality of users partake of the content experience originated by said first user. 
     
     
         6 . The user server according to  claim 4 , further comprising:
 an updater, said updater updating said user profiles upon a change in a status for a respective one of said plurality of user profiles.