SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SHARED AND INTEGRATED ONLINE SOCIAL INTERACTION

• Main Authors: ZARAKHOVSKY EUGENE, MESGAR EUGENE, ZANER MELORA, MURARKA NEEL ISHWAR, SANDERS ERICA, MULCAHY KATHLEEN, VERT JOHN, FERGUSON HEATHER, SARETTO CESARE JOHN, GLATZER ASTA, SAVAGE TAMMY, RANGANATH RAMA, STONE LINDA
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 10.06.2004
• Edition: 7
• Subjects: CALCULATING; COMPUTING; COUNTING; DATA PROCESSING SYSTEMS OR METHODS, SPECIALLY ADAPTED FORADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL, SUPERVISORYOR FORECASTING PURPOSES; ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING; IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL; PHYSICS; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE,COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL, SUPERVISORY OR FORECASTINGPURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To realize a shared and integrated online social interaction. SOLUTION: An application and a user interface facilitating interaction inside a group through a network integrates, messaging, file sharing, media reproduction, a journal, a profile, and a game into a cohesive environment. The group facilitated by this method is reassembled by a user in every online interaction without requiring reconstruction, and the group is disbanded when second activity is carried out online. In an online condition, the group can be transferred from one activity to another activity without any reconnection. This application of a module type can be extended to include other activities and functions. In one embodiment, using a peer-to-peer network environment, the group interaction application facilitates network communication between group members. COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO