Patent ID: 7849420
Filing Date: 2010-12-07
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: displaying to a viewing user represented with an avatar in a three-dimensional environment a content representation in association with an avatar representing a hosting user at a client device of the viewing user, the content representation descriptive of content made accessible by the hosting user; generating a navigation tree in the three-dimensional environment when the viewing user interacts with the content representation, the navigation tree comprising a plurality of content representation layers having content representations descriptive of the content made accessible by the hosting user, wherein each of the plurality of content representation layers has a different content representation displayed to the viewing user based on a distance between the avatar representing the viewing user and the avatar representing the hosting user in the three-dimensional environment; enabling the viewing user to navigate through the navigation tree in the three-dimensional environment by interacting with the plurality of content representations; displaying in the three-dimensional environment a content representation from the plurality of content representations in association with the avatar representing the hosting user to the viewing user when the viewing user navigates through the navigation tree; receiving a content transfer initiation event from the client device of the viewing user for initiating transfer of at least a portion of the content made accessible by the hosting user related to the content representation to the client device of the viewing user when the viewing user selects the content representation; and in response to the content transfer initiation event, effecting transfer of the at least a portion of the content made accessible by the hosting user related to the content representation from the avatar representing the hosting to user to the avatar representing the viewing user within the three-dimensional environment.