Patent ID: 7478129
Filing Date: 2009-01-13
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A system for facilitating interpersonal communications over a computer network, comprising: a plurality of computers, each computer having a memory, a processor storing and retrieving instructions from the memory, and a network interface operably connecting the processor to a communications medium; a communications module receiving content from an originating computer and transmitting said content to at least one target computer, with each of the computers being able to function as both an originating computer and a target computer; a graphical communication flow module integrated with the communications module and providing to each of the computers a graphical representation of a group of networked computers, said graphical communication flow module graphically depicting communication flows showing the originating and target computer users corresponding to each content transmission by the communications module, and having means to graphically depict the communication flows in a manner perceptible to users of all the computers connected to a virtual group; and wherein the graphical communications flow module has at least one means selected from the group comprising: