Patent Document ID: 9766774
Application ID: 14268017
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. A computer-implemented method for establishing two-way communication between a subject entity and at least one of a plurality of object entities via navigation in a three-dimensional spatial publishing object space, the method comprising the steps of: providing the subject entity with a display of each of the object entities in the three-dimensional spatial publishing object space on a processor-based device connected to a display device, wherein each of the object entities and the subject entity comprises a spatial publishing object that is presented on the display in response to a selection by a user, and wherein the display presents the spatial publishing objects in an arrangement comprising at least three dimensions in the three-dimensional spatial publishing object space, providing the user with a presence as a virtual entity, within the subject entity in the three-dimensional spatial publishing object space, and as a separable point-of-view with respect to each of the object entities on the display device, wherein the separable point-of-view permits the subject entity to switch from a navigable first person vantage point to a navigable third person vantage point separate from the subject entity within the three-dimensional spatial publishing object space, wherein the display provides audio and visual fields for receipt of two-way audio and visual information, via a communication channel, between each of the spatial publishing objects and the subject entity; accepting navigation input from the user, via a user input device connected to the processor-based device, the navigation input for rearranging the spatial publishing objects with respect to the subject entity in the three-dimensional spatial publishing object space; and rearranging on the display, responsive to the navigation input from the user, a position of each of the spatial publishing objects in the at least three dimensions of the three-dimensional spatial publishing object space with respect to the subject entity, the rearrangement affecting a proximity between the spatial publishing object of the subject entity or the separable point of view of the subject entity and at least one of the plurality of object entities, the proximity thereby establishing two-way communication in the three-dimensional spatial publishing object space between the user, via the subject entity or the separable point of view of the subject entity, and the spatial publishing objects, via the at least one of the object entities.