Patent ID: 8250150

Claim:
A system comprising: one or more computer processors; one or more memories coupled to the computer processors; and instructions executable by the one or more computer processors from a non-transitory machine-readable medium, the instructions configured to prepare and send a message by: receiving a selection, from a user, of a communication application from a plurality of communication applications executable by the one or more computer processors; receiving selected or authored social interaction content from the user, the content coded in a Social Interaction Language comprising discrete components coded each in a markup language, including a first component enabling the user to limit the message to a specific set of interactors forming a social interaction group, and a second component imposing a social interaction protocol (SIP) for interaction, the SIP providing rules that identify metadata description of specific protocols allowed for messaging within the group, rules of engagement between interactors of the group, and instruction sets for individual ones of message posting, media handling, and interfacing with existing message handling and transport protocols; embedding the selected or authored social interaction content in a message prepared in the selected communication application; and transmitting the message with the embedded social interaction content over a network compatible with the communication application; and wherein the instructions further comprise instructions configured to cause the one or more computer processors to receive and manage a message by: receiving an incoming message transmitted over connected network by a communication application among a plurality of communication applications executable on the one or more computer processors, the incoming message including embedded content in the social interaction language; and managing interaction with the incoming message according to the first and second components of the social interaction language.