Multi-User Interactive Communication Network Environment
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1. A method comprising:
- limiting communication between users in a multi-user communication environment to a menu-driven system, wherein the menu-driven system is limited to exchange of chat messages selected from a pre-prepared library of chat messages;
wherein the pre-prepared library of chat messages further comprises;
a first menu of pre-prepared chat messages provided to a first user in a first language, the first menu of pre-prepared chat messages being associated with identifiers;
a second menu of pre-prepared chat messages provided to a second user in a second language, the second menu of pre-prepared chat messages being associated with the identifiers; and
permitting a communication exchange between the first user and the second user via association of one or more pre-prepared chat messages in the first language with one or more pre-prepared chat messages in the second language via the identifiers.
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Abstract
A system and method for initiating communication in real-time between users in a multi-user communication environment are described. To limit the receipt of unwanted messages, communication may be limited to a pre-prepared library of chat messages. The pre-prepared library of chat messages may include one or more of predetermined words, phrases and actions. Users are enabled to communicate and/or perform gaming actions based on the prepared library of chat messages, in one or more languages.
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limiting communication between users in a multi-user communication environment to a menu-driven system, wherein the menu-driven system is limited to exchange of chat messages selected from a pre-prepared library of chat messages; wherein the pre-prepared library of chat messages further comprises; a first menu of pre-prepared chat messages provided to a first user in a first language, the first menu of pre-prepared chat messages being associated with identifiers; a second menu of pre-prepared chat messages provided to a second user in a second language, the second menu of pre-prepared chat messages being associated with the identifiers; and permitting a communication exchange between the first user and the second user via association of one or more pre-prepared chat messages in the first language with one or more pre-prepared chat messages in the second language via the identifiers. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method comprising:
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limiting communication between users in a multi-user communication environment to a menu-driven system, wherein the menu-driven system is limited to exchange of chat messages selected from a pre-prepared library of chat messages; wherein the pre-prepared library of chat messages further comprises; one or more pre-prepared chat messages causing a character of an online game to perform an animated sequence reflective of a selected pre-prepared chat message; and permitting communication between the first user and the second user via exchange of the one or more pre-prepared chat messages. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A computer program product comprising:
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a non-transitory computer readable storage medium having computer readable program code embodied therewith, the computer readable program code comprising; computer readable program code configured to limit communication between users in a multi-user communication environment to a menu-driven system, wherein the menu-driven system is limited to exchange of chat messages selected from a pre-prepared library of chat messages; wherein the pre-prepared library of chat messages further comprises; a first menu of pre-prepared chat messages provided to a first user in a first language, the first menu of pre-prepared chat messages being associated with identifiers; a second menu of pre-prepared chat messages provided to a second user in a second language, the second menu of pre-prepared chat messages being associated with the identifiers; and computer readable program code configured to permit a communication exchange between the first user and the second user via association of one or more pre-prepared chat messages in the first language with one or more pre-prepared chat messages in the second language via the identifiers.
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20. A computer program product comprising:
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a non-transitory computer readable storage medium having computer readable program code embodied therewith, the computer readable program code comprising; computer readable program code configured to limit communication between users in a multi-user communication environment to a menu-driven system, wherein the menu-driven system is limited to exchange of chat messages selected from a pre-prepared library of chat messages; wherein the pre-prepared library of chat messages further comprises; one or more pre-prepared chat messages causing a character of an online game to perform an animated sequence reflective of a selected pre-prepared chat message; and computer readable program code configured to permit communication between the first user and the second user via exchange of the one or more pre-prepared chat messages.
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