Patent ID: 8510413

Claim:
A system, comprising: a computer-implemented server that is separate from a website belonging to a third party different from a party that controls the server, the third party website being made publicly accessible via the Internet by the third party, wherein the server is in network communication with a client application residing on a host, and wherein the host is configured to allow a user to interact with other users also visiting the third party website, the server including: a games manager that monitors the user's online activities by receiving information from the client application regarding the user's interaction with the other users on the third party website, and thereafter automatically initiates a game with game content that is separate from content provided by the third party website, wherein the game is selected based on the received user interaction with the other users regarding the separate content provided by the third party website before the game is initiated, and wherein the games manager provides the game content to the client application for rendering on the host in addition to the user receiving the separate content from the third party website, wherein the host further includes a web browser application, and wherein in a first game application, the client application embeds the game content together with the separate content from the third party website displayed by the web browser application, and wherein in a second game application, the client application communicates with the server to display the game content in a full screen of the host.