SYSTEM AND METHODOLOGY FOR PROVIDING SHARED INTERNET EXPERIENCE
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Abstract
A method for mutually interactive Internet activities including connecting a plurality of user clients, which together represent a group, to at least one Internet activity server, supplying to each of the plurality of user clients representing the group at least partially identical content from the at least one Internet activity server, whereby each of the plurality of users in the group has at least partially common shared Internet activity experience and based on information regarding at least one of the users in the group, which information indicates at least one common characteristic of the plurality of users in the group, configuring the at least partially common shared Internet activity experience responsive to the at least one common characteristic.
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89 Claims
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9. A method for creating virtual groups of persons in an Internet environment comprising:
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sensing the existence of communications between at least two persons; in response to a group actuation input from at least one of said at least two persons, defining a virtual group including said at least two persons based upon said sensing of the existence of communications; and communicating information regarding the virtual group to an Internet activity server for enabling said Internet activity server to provide at least partially common shared Internet activity experience to members of said virtual group. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12)
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19. A method for creating virtual groups of persons in an Internet environment comprising:
receiving information regarding a virtual group at an Internet activity server for enabling said Internet activity server to provide at least partially common shared Internet activity experience to members of said virtual group, wherein said information regarding the virtual group includes at least one characteristic characterizing said virtual group. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22)
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53. A system for creating virtual groups of persons in an Internet environment comprising:
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a communications sensor operative to sense the existence of communications between at least two persons; a virtual group definer operative in response to a group actuation input from at least one of said at least two persons to define a virtual group including said at least two persons based upon said sensing of the existence of communications; and a communicator operative to communicate information regarding the virtual group to an Internet activity server for enabling said Internet activity server to provide at least partially common shared Internet activity experience to members of said virtual group.
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63. A system for creating virtual groups of persons in an Internet environment comprising:
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a group creation manager operative to define a virtual group comprising a plurality of users and represented by a plurality of user clients; and an Internet activity server receiving information regarding said virtual group for providing an at least partially common shared Internet activity experience to members of said virtual group, wherein said information regarding the virtual group includes at least one characteristic characterizing said virtual group.
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88. A method for interactive Internet activities comprising:
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connecting a plurality of user clients, which together represent a group of users, to at least one Internet activity server; and supplying to each of said plurality of user clients representing said group of users content from said at least one Internet activity server wherein said content is selected from a group consisting of at least partially identical content, whereby each of said plurality of users in said group of users has at least partially common, shared Internet activity experience; and
based on information regarding at least one of said users in said group of users, which information indicates at least one common characteristic of said plurality of users in said group of users, configuring said at least partially common shared Internet activity experience responsive to said at least one common characteristic; andcontent based at least in part on Internet activity experience of at least one of; at least another one of said group of users; and a person known to be associated with at least one of said group of users. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 5, 29, 30, 31, 38, 40)
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89. A system for providing interactive Internet activities comprising:
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at least one of; a shared interest analyzer operative, based on information regarding at least one of a plurality of users in a group of users, which information indicates at least one common characteristic of said plurality of users in said group of users, defining at least one shared interest of said plurality of users in said group of users; and a group creation manager operative to define a virtual group comprising a plurality of users and represented by a plurality of user clients; and a shared experience manager operative to perform at least one of; supply to each of a plurality of user clients representing said group of users, at least partially identical content from at least one Internet activity server, whereby each of a plurality of users in said group of users has at least partially common shared Internet activity experience, based at least partially on said at least one shared interest; and supply to at least one of said plurality of user clients representing one of said group of users, content from at least one Internet activity server based at least in part on Internet activity experience of at least one of; at least another one of said group of users; and a person known to be associated with at least one of said group of users.
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Specification