Patent ID: 8762860

Claim:
A method comprising: limiting communication between users in a multi-user communication environment to a menu-driven system, wherein the menu-driven system is limited to exchange of chat messages selected from a pre-prepared library of chat messages; wherein the pre-prepared library of chat messages further comprises: a first menu of pre-prepared chat messages provided to a first user in a first language, the first menu of pre-prepared chat messages being associated with identifiers; a second menu of pre-prepared chat messages provided to a second user in a second language, the second menu of pre-prepared chat messages being associated with the identifiers; permitting a communication exchange between the first user and the second user via association of one or more pre-prepared chat messages in the first language with one or more pre-prepared chat messages in the second language via the identifiers; establishing an authenticated relationship between the first user and the second user in response to exchange of a unique code between the first user and the second user via a communication path outside of the multi-user communication environment and receipt at the multi-user communication environment of the unique code from the second user; wherein communication between users in a multi-user communication environment is limited to the menu-driven system until the authenticated relationship is established between the first user and the second user; and enabling free form communication including free text input via a keyboard between the first user and the second user in response to establishing the authenticated relationship between the first user and the second user, wherein the free form communication is not restricted to the pre-prepared library of chat messages and the free form communication acts as private chat between users having an authenticated relationship only.