Patent ID: 8918723

Claim:
A method for use by a plurality of users to collaborate, each of the users having an input apparatus for providing an input of user generated data, the method comprising: providing a display presentation to each said user for an interactive game responsive to gaming data; selecting a portion of the display presentation as a common image; providing a display presentation of the common image to at least two of the users; permitting concurrent input by each of multiple of the users, wherein the input is made while viewing the common image, wherein the input of each said user generates respective annotation data; mapping said annotation data to be associated with said user providing the input; providing storage in non-transitory memory structured as a plurality of data layers; mapping each of said data layers to be associated with at least one said user, as an index used for storage and retrieval of the annotation data as input by said at least one user; providing storage and retrieval of the annotation data of each said user in a separate one of said data layers that is associated with the respective said user, responsive to the mapping said annotation data and to the mapping each of said data layers; providing a selection of selected members from the plurality of users; retrieving respective said annotation data from the data layers associated with the selected members; and, providing a member display presentation representative of the input generated by the selected members, provided responsive to the respective said annotation data retrieved from the data layers associated with the selected members.