Patent ID: 8407592

Claim:
A method for enabling a first user to interact with a plurality of second users in a virtual space, the virtual space comprising a first avatar and a plurality of second avatars, the first avatar being associated with a first client process, each second avatar of the plurality of second avatars being associated with a different second client process of a plurality of second client processes, the method comprising: receiving from each second client process of the plurality of second client processes a second received position update of a second avatar associated with said each second client process, thereby obtaining a first plurality of second received position updates; forming an update packet command comprising information derived from each second received position update of the plurality of second received position updates, the update packet command comprising changes in position for at least two second avatars of the plurality of second avatars; and transmitting the update packet command to the first client process to enable the first client process to display the at least two second avatars in positions updated by the changes in position.