ENTERPRISE SYSTEM AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR INTER-CONNECTING MULTIPLE PARTIES IN AN INTERACTIVE ENVIRONMENT EXHIBITING VIRTUAL PICTURE BOOKS
First Claim
1. A computer program product comprising a computer readable medium having computer usable program code executable to perform operations for displaying digitized graphic media to multiple interconnected parties, the operations of the computer program product comprising:
- incorporating identifying personal information of one or more users into a database under the exclusive control of a central managing forum, wherein said identifying personal information is voluntarily provided by the one or more users to the central managing forum via a computer network for a purpose of creating exclusive user accounts;
storing reading preferences of the one or more users in the database;
prompting a user to create a reading session;
prompting the user to choose a digitized picture book from a pool of digitized picture books stored in a computer readable medium;
prompting via a computer network one or more users to join the reading session who have been selected by the user creating the session;
interconnecting one more users prompted to join the reading session with the user creating the reading session, such that each of the users in the reading session are in video, audio and autographic contact with each of the other users in the reading session;
simultaneously displaying the digitized picture book to each of the one or more users in the reading session;
prompting the one or more users in the reading session to interactively navigate the digitized picture book; and
tallying the number of times the digitized picture book is displayed in reading sessions created by users.
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Abstract
A method, computer program product and system are disclosed for facilitating the recreational review of printed picture books by two distantly separated parties video conferencing via the Internet, LAN, WAN or the like. A central managing forum uses uniquely configured data processing device(s) to electronically bring two or more related parties into audio, video and autographic contact in a manner which simulates the bedside reading of picture book and prompts the interconnected parties to interactively navigate virtual copies of popular printed media uniquely stored and made digitally available by the central managing forum.
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1. A computer program product comprising a computer readable medium having computer usable program code executable to perform operations for displaying digitized graphic media to multiple interconnected parties, the operations of the computer program product comprising:
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incorporating identifying personal information of one or more users into a database under the exclusive control of a central managing forum, wherein said identifying personal information is voluntarily provided by the one or more users to the central managing forum via a computer network for a purpose of creating exclusive user accounts; storing reading preferences of the one or more users in the database; prompting a user to create a reading session; prompting the user to choose a digitized picture book from a pool of digitized picture books stored in a computer readable medium; prompting via a computer network one or more users to join the reading session who have been selected by the user creating the session; interconnecting one more users prompted to join the reading session with the user creating the reading session, such that each of the users in the reading session are in video, audio and autographic contact with each of the other users in the reading session; simultaneously displaying the digitized picture book to each of the one or more users in the reading session; prompting the one or more users in the reading session to interactively navigate the digitized picture book; and tallying the number of times the digitized picture book is displayed in reading sessions created by users. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A system to display digitized graphic media to multiple interconnected parties, the system comprising:
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a processor; a data storage means for storing data; a central managing forum to store, transfer and deliver data over an Internet to a plurality of users, the central managing forum comprising; an incorporation module configured to incorporate identifying personal information of one or more users into a database under the exclusive control of a central managing forum, wherein said identifying personal information is voluntarily provided by the one or more users to the central managing forum via a computer network for a purpose of creating exclusive user accounts; a storage module configured to store reading preferences of the one or more users in the database; a first prompter module configured to prompt a user to create a reading session; a second prompter module configured to prompt the user to choose a digitized picture book from a pool of digitized picture books stored in a computer readable medium; a third prompter module configured to prompt via a computer network one or more users to join the reading session who have been selected by the user creating the session; an interconnection module configured to interconnect one more users prompted to join the reading session with the user creating the reading session, such that each of the users in the reading session are in video, audio and autographic contact with each of the other users in the reading session; a display module configured to simultaneously display the digitized picture book to each of the one or more users in the reading session; a fourth prompter module configured to prompt the one or more users in the reading session to interactively navigate the digitized picture book; and a tally module configured to tally the number of times the digitized picture book is displayed in reading sessions created by users. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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