Patent ID: 7415500

Claim:
A computer-implemented method of facilitating interactions between users of a computer network wishing to play an online game, the method comprising: presenting, at a client device of a first user, a proposal user interface generated by a second user, the proposal user interface including multiple fields configured to include parameters of an online game specified by the second user; receiving, at the client device of the first user, instructions to modify the parameters within the proposal user interface; in response to receiving the instructions to modify the parameters within the proposal user interface, presenting, at the client device of the first user, a counterproposal user interface that includes multiple fields enabling the first user to change the parameters of the online game; receiving, within the multiple fields of the counterproposal user interface, at least one that is different from the parameters included in the proposal user interface; receiving, at the client device of the first user, instructions to transmit to the second user the counterproposal user interface that includes the at least one parameter different from the parameters included in the proposal user interface; and in response to receiving the instructions to transmit to the second user the counterproposal user interface, presenting, at a client device of the second user, the counterproposal user interface.