Patent ID: 7895524
Filing Date: 2011-02-22
Classification: G06F,G06Q

Abstract:
1. A system embodied on a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium executed on a processor for enabling group interaction, comprising: a display component that generates an interface that facilitates interaction between a first user and at least one other user, the interface capable of presenting a display including: a first group space corresponding to a first group of which both the first user and the at least one other user are members, a second customizable group space corresponding to a second group of which both the first user and at least one other party different from the at least one other user are members, a group bar that displays a first selectable group icon corresponding to the first group space, a second selectable group icon corresponding to the second group space, what the first group and the second group are doing from an observation of the first selectable group icon and the second selectable group icon, and a mood, a mode, and a status of the first user, wherein a group icon identifies a group respectively associated with a group space, wherein the group space is a central place for interacting with the group, and wherein the mood identifies how the first user feels; a first personal space associated with the first user, the first personal space being a place for the first user to express themselves by way of a journal such that the journal provides a written record of the first user's thoughts, wherein the first personal space is only viewable by a group member authorized by the first user to view the first personal space; a communication component that facilitates a communication session between the first user and the at least one other user; wherein the communication session includes at least two of an audio activity, a chat activity and a scrapbook activity; and a memory cube component that allows the first user to select and save a history of an activity of the communication session, wherein selecting the memory cube function to save the history of an activity of the communication session is accompanied by an animation representing folding the history of the communication session into a cube, and a prompt to the user for a save location for the cube.