ON-LINE INTERACTION SYSTEM
First Claim
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1. A method, comprising:
- monitoring the activities or status of different members on a network site;
identifying avatars representing the different members that may include any combination of image, video, or sounds; and
displaying the avatars on a display page according to the different activities or status of the members on the network site.
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Abstract
An avatar display system monitors the activities or status of different members on a network site. Avatars representing the different members are displayed in conjunction with an on-line application according to the different identified member activities or status. Different avatar display techniques and filtering schemes are used to both promote and improve interactions between different members of the on-line application or website.
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44 Claims
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1. A method, comprising:
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monitoring the activities or status of different members on a network site;
identifying avatars representing the different members that may include any combination of image, video, or sounds; and
displaying the avatars on a display page according to the different activities or status of the members on the network site. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, 16)
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11. An apparatus, comprising:
a computing device displaying images across one or more display pages of an on-line application representing different users of the on-line application, the computing device varying how the images are displayed for the different users according to activities performed by the users on the on-line application or according to profile information associated with the different users. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14)
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17. An apparatus, comprising:
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one or more processors; and
a memory coupled to the one or more processors comprising instructions executable by the processors, the processors operable when executing the instructions to;
identify avatars representing users for a network site, the avatars including any combination of images and/or sounds;
display the identified avatars;
monitor activities, profiles, or contacts for the users of the network site;
identify users having related activities, profiles, and/or contacts; and
displaying the avatars for the identified users differently than the avatars for other users. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A computer, comprising:
one or more processors to identify members of an associated on-line application or communication group and display images representing the identified members of the associated on-line application or communication group, the one or more processors monitoring activities or status of the identified members with the on-line application or communication group and varying how their images are displayed according to the monitored activities or status. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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33. A method comprising:
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identifying avatars for members of a website or on-line application;
searching contact information for the members;
identifying the members having at least some common contact information; and
only displaying the avatars for the identified members or varying how the avatars are displayed for the identified members. - View Dependent Claims (34, 37, 38)
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35. The method according to clam 33 including:
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searching through the contact information to identify a first list of known members;
searching through the contacts for the first list of members to identify a second list of members; and
displaying avatars for at least some of the first and second list of members.
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36. The method according to 35 including displaying a contact tree identifying a relationship between the members in the first and second list.
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39. A computer readable medium including instructions that when executed comprise:
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identifying filter parameters from a user profile;
calculating avatar filters according to the identified filter parameters;
filtering avatars received from others or filtering avatars sent to others according to the calculated avatar filters. - View Dependent Claims (40, 41, 42, 43, 44)
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