INTERGRATED EXPERIENCE OF VOGUE SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SHARED INTERGRATED ONLINE SOCIAL INTERACTION

• US 20060190827A1
• Filed: 04/21/2006
• Published: 08/24/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 08/28/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
• Inventors: Ranganath, Rama, Mesgar, Eugene, Saretto, Cesare John, Zarahovsky, Eugene, Ferguson, Heather, Sanders, Erica, Murarka, Neel Ishwar, Vert, John, Zaner, Melora, Stone, Linda, Glatzer, Asta, Mulcahy, Kathleen, Savage, Tammy
• Granted Patent: US 7,747,956 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/751
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0481 based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management

Abstract

A novel application and user interface for facilitating group interactions over a network integrates messaging, file sharing, media playing, journaling, profiles, and gaming into a cohesive environment. The groups facilitated by the invention are persistent and mobile in that a user does not have to recollect and reconfigure the group each time he or she wants to interact with the group online and, while online, the group may be taken from one activity to another without having to disband and reconnect at the second activity. The application is modular so as to be extensible to include other activities and functionalities. In an embodiment, the group interaction application utilizes a peer-to-peer network environment to facilitate network communications between group members.

Claims

1. A system for providing online group scrap booking, comprising:

a system display component that displays a scrap book working area associated with a scrap book of a first user;

a group display component that displays a representation of the scrap book of the first user to an at least one other user; and

a utility component that provides at least one scrap book tool to the first user;

2. The system of claim 1, the scrap book working area further comprises a view control component that that displays at least one photograph in one of a collage view or single view.

3. The system of claim 1, the system display component further comprises a utility component that displays at least one icon associated with at least one scrap book tool to the first user.

4. The system of claim 3, the utility component further comprises a supplemental control that allows the first user to add or remove photographs from the scrap book

5. The system of claim 3, the utility component further comprises a print control that allows users to print the scrap book.

6. The system of claim 1, further comprising an annotation component that displays annotations within the scrap book working area.

7. The system of claim 6, the annotation component displays the annotations to at least one of the first user and the at least one other user.

8. The system of claim 6, the annotation component further comprises at least one of a drawing control, a balloon control, a note tool, an audio insert tool, and a map control.

9. The system of claim 8, the map control comprises a map display component that utilizes input geographic annotations to organize images geographically.

10. A method for online scrap booking, comprising:

displaying a scrap book working area to a first user;

providing at least one other user with a representation of a scrap book of the first user; and

providing the first user with at least one tool for modifying the scrap book.

11. The method of claim 10, further comprising adding or removing photographs from the scrap book.

12. The method of claim 11, adding or removing photographs further comprises dragging and dropping icons associated with files to or from the scrap book working area.

13. The method of claim 10, further comprising annotating photographs displayed in the scrap book working area.

14. The method of claim 13, further comprising displaying annotations to the at least one other user viewing the representation of the scrap book of the first user.

15. The method of claim 14, displaying annotations to the at least one other user further comprising displaying a map based on the location where one or more photographs were taken.

16. The method of claim 10, further comprising changing the view of the scrap book working area in response to input from the first user.

17. The method of claim 10, further comprising printing the scrap book of the first user.

18. The method of claim 10, further comprising synchronously updating the view of the scrap book presented to the first user and at least one other user.

19. A computer-readable medium having thereon computer-readable instructions for providing an online group scrap booking activity, comprising:

presenting to a first user a first representation of a scrapbook comprising a scrap book work area and at least one scrap book tool icon, the scrap book work area displays a representation of at least one photograph and the at least one scrap book tool icon is selectable to create annotations in the scrap book work area, and the first representation of a scrapbook corresponds to a second representation of the scrapbook displayed to at least one other user; and

receiving a selection of the at least one scrap book tool icon by the first user and displaying an annotation in the scrap book work area, the annotation corresponding to an annotation displayed in a scrap book work area associated with the second representation of the scrapbook.

20. The computer-readable medium according to claim 28, the users communicate via a peer-to-peer network.