Patent ID: 6948131

Claim:
A rich media communication system, comprising: a theater including a representation, associated with a particular person, to provide a choice of visual presence of the particular person, including at least a personalized three-dimensional avatar representation of the particular person based on sensed geometric features of the particular person; a presentation control to allow capability to switch between different choices of visual presence of the particular person during a session in the theater; a player to present the theater at a remote location, wherein the particular person is at least one user of the rich media communication system, the rich media communication system further including: a directory to organize rich media communications users into user-defined communities, each user being associated with their own respective independent theater having rich media content, the communities being organizable in hierarchical levels, at least one hierarchical level being associated with a moderator for that level, the hierarchical levels including at least one city, the city including at least one neighborhood, the neighborhood including at least one house, and the house having at least one room.