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Systems and methods for facilitating multi-user interaction over a network

  • US 20050086301A1
  • Filed: 10/17/2003
  • Published: 04/21/2005
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/17/2003
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A method for providing multi-user participation in an application over a network comprising:

  • providing for a user to affect a virtual state of an application on a network;

    determining a safe latency for the user;

    determining a field of influence and a field of commitment based upon the determined safe latency;

    permitting the user input to affect a field of influence and prohibiting the user from affecting the field of commitment; and

    displaying the virtual state of the application, wherein the virtual state includes the field of influence and field of commitment, and wherein a portion of the field of influence becomes the field of commitment after the determined network latency has expired.

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