Patent ID: 8650253

Claim:
A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising instructions for causing a processor in an electronic device to perform a method of, for multiple client systems, each running a different first application within a different respective online environment, accessing other players for mutual consumption of a second application, the method comprising: a. providing a lobby facility to which client systems may access; b. receiving a login request from a first client system running a first application within an online environment, and authorizing the first client system to access the lobby facility upon verification of a first credential; c. receiving a login request from a second client system running a different first application within a different online environment, and authorizing the second client system to access the lobby facility upon verification of a second credential; d. following the authorizing of the first and second client systems, associating the first and second client systems, such that the first and second client systems are configured to mutually consume a second application within the lobby facility or launched by the lobby facility.