Community-based shared multiple browser environment
First Claim
1. A computer-implemented method for facilitating browsing of information on a computer network, the method comprising transmitting first successive portions of a pre-existing virtual landscape to a first client platform on the computer network thereby facilitating navigation within the virtual landscape by a first user at the first client platform, the virtual landscape representing spatial relationships among a plurality of virtual plots, each virtual plot containing browsable content, each successive portion of the virtual landscape representing a graphical view of a subset of the spatial relationships among the virtual plots, the method further comprising transmitting second successive portions of the virtual landscape to a second client platform thereby facilitating navigation within the virtual landscape by a second user at the second client platform which is substantially simultaneous with the navigation by the first user at the first client platform, wherein a representation of the second user is included with the first successive portions of the virtual landscape and a representation of the first user is included with the second successive portions of the virtual landscape where the first successive portions overlap the second successive portions.
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Abstract
A web browsing environment that provides a graphical spatial context to associate web sites to one another and allows for interaction between users browsing the space is provided. One feature of the described embodiment is the provision of a tiling of mini browsers in one space rather than a document.
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- 1. A computer-implemented method for facilitating browsing of information on a computer network, the method comprising transmitting first successive portions of a pre-existing virtual landscape to a first client platform on the computer network thereby facilitating navigation within the virtual landscape by a first user at the first client platform, the virtual landscape representing spatial relationships among a plurality of virtual plots, each virtual plot containing browsable content, each successive portion of the virtual landscape representing a graphical view of a subset of the spatial relationships among the virtual plots, the method further comprising transmitting second successive portions of the virtual landscape to a second client platform thereby facilitating navigation within the virtual landscape by a second user at the second client platform which is substantially simultaneous with the navigation by the first user at the first client platform, wherein a representation of the second user is included with the first successive portions of the virtual landscape and a representation of the first user is included with the second successive portions of the virtual landscape where the first successive portions overlap the second successive portions.
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29. A computer system comprising memory and at least one processor operable to transmit first successive portions of a pre-existing virtual landscape stored in the memory to a first client platform thereby facilitating navigation within the virtual landscape by a first user at the first client platform, the virtual landscape representing spatial relationships among a plurality of virtual plots, each virtual plot containing browsable content, each successive portion of the virtual landscape representing a graphical view of a subset of the spatial relationships among the virtual plots, the at least one processor further being operable to transmit second successive portions of the virtual landscape to a second client platform thereby facilitating navigation within the virtual landscape by a second user at the second client platform which is substantially simultaneous with the navigation by the first user at the first client platform, wherein a representation of the second user is included with the first successive portions of the virtual landscape and a representation of the first user is included with the second successive portions of the virtual landscape where the first successive portions overlap the second successive portions.
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30. A computer program product for facilitating browsing of information on a computer network, the computer program product comprising at least one computer-readable medium having computer program instructions stored therein which are operable to transmit first successive portions of a pre-existing virtual landscape to a first client platform thereby facilitating navigation within the virtual landscape by a first user at the first client platform, the virtual landscape representing spatial relationships among a plurality of virtual plots, each virtual plot containing browsable content, each successive portion of the virtual landscape representing a graphical view of a subset of the spatial relationships among the virtual plots, the computer program instructions further being operable to transmit second successive portions of the virtual landscape to a second client platform thereby facilitating navigation within the virtual landscape by a second user at the second client platform which is substantially simultaneous with the navigation by the first user at the first client platform, wherein a representation of the second user is included with the first successive portions of the virtual landscape and a representation of the first user is included with the second successive portions of the virtual landscape where the first successive portions overlap the second successive portions.
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