Patent ID: 9098167
Filing Date: 2015-08-04
Classification: A63F,G06F

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: obtaining metadata describing content made accessible by a hosting user; identifying applicable content representations that are descriptive of the content from a plurality of defined content representations based on the metadata; generating a plurality of content representation (CR) layers between the hosting user and a viewing user, each of the plurality of CR layers associated with at least one of the applicable content representations and having an associated distance threshold where each of the plurality of CR layers has a different content representation based on the associated distance threshold such that the at least one of the applicable content representations is based on the associated distance threshold; obtaining distance indicia providing one of a group consisting of: a distance between an avatar representing the hosting user and an avatar representing the viewing user and a distance between the hosting user and the viewing user; selecting a CR layer from the plurality of CR layers based on the distance indicia and the distance threshold of at least one of the plurality of CR layers; and effecting presentation to the viewing user of the at least one of the applicable content representations associated with the CR layer in association with the content representation host representing the hosting user, wherein the at least one of the applicable content representations presented to the viewing user is presented based on the distance between the avatar representing the hosting user and the avatar representing the viewing user or the distance between the hosting user and the viewing user.