INTERGRATED EXPERIENCE OF VOGUE SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SHARED INTERGRATED ONLINE SOCIAL INTERACTION

• Main Authors: MESGAR EUGENE, ZANER MELORA, MURARKA NEEL I, ZARAHOVSKY EUGENE, SANDERS ERICA, MULCAHY KATHLEEN, VERT JOHN, FERGUSON HEATHER, GLATZER ASTA, SAVAGE TAMMY, RANGANATH RAMA, SARETTO CESARE J, STONE LINDA
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 24.08.2006
• 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

A novel application and user interface for facilitating group interactions over a network integrates messaging, file sharing, media playing, journaling, profiles, and gaming into a cohesive environment. The groups facilitated by the invention are persistent and mobile in that a user does not have to recollect and reconfigure the group each time he or she wants to interact with the group online and, while online, the group may be taken from one activity to another without having to disband and reconnect at the second activity. The application is modular so as to be extensible to include other activities and functionalities. In an embodiment, the group interaction application utilizes a peer-to-peer network environment to facilitate network communications between group members.