Patent ID: 7958453
Filing Date: 2011-06-07
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A multi-user system, associated with a first user and a plurality of non-first users each having respective client systems associated therewith and wherein each client system is connected to a server system through a computer network, the system providing multi-user interactive environments on web pages served by the server system, the multi-user system comprising: a user interface, the user interface being executed by a client system of the first user, the user interface being defined by a set of programs that are provided by the server system, and the set of programs providing bidirectional communications between the server system and the client system of the first user; the user interface comprising a rendered web content layer, the rendered web content layer being an area for displaying rendered web content served by the server system; the user interface further comprising an interaction space for multi-user actions, the interaction space being overlaid on top of the rendered web content layer; the user interface providing a coordinate system for the interaction space, the coordinate system enabling geometric measurements; the user interface embodying the first user in the interaction space as a first user graphical representation, the first user graphical representation being positioned within the interaction space according to first user coordinates; and the user interface being a real-time multi-user environment comprising: