Patent ID: 8296196

Claim:
A method for browsing in a virtual environment, comprising: executing computer readable instructions using a processor of a computer, the computer readable instructions including the following steps: deriving at least one tag data collection from at least one tag data source, tag data including data for a user's preference, and factual data about a person, place or thing; presenting a plurality of virtual online browsing modes using the computer having data storage; selecting, using the processor, a browsing mode from a plurality of browsing modes which includes a customized browsing mode, the browsing mode specifies browsing mode data; analyzing, using the processor, the tag data collection for tag data associated with the browsing mode data; generating, using the processor, a tag data group from the tag data collection analysis; presenting a virtual environment on a display of the computer using the tag data group; selecting at least one tag collection to associate with the user tag data collection; and selecting set logic for analyzing the tag data collections for generating the tag data group to generate the virtual environment, the set logic including defining how tag data collections are compared to each other; wherein the browsing modes include an event browsing mode wherein the user selects the tag data collection of a specified event included in the browsing mode data, and the user follows in the virtual environment the overlapping tag data group generated from the user's tag data and the browsing mode data, wherein the tag data collection of a specified event does not include a person's preferences.