Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC

Andrew Lawrence Mattingly

Brian Kramp

Eddie L Mays

Thomas M Soemo

Christian Klein

Jeffrey Neil Margolis

Alex A Kipman

Adam G Poulos

Ali M Vassigh

Jeremy Richard Hill

Arjun Dayal

A method and system are disclosed in which a group of people are able to replicate the physical world experience of going with a group of friends to pick a movie, watch the movie together, and provide commentary on the movie itself in the virtual world on a virtual couch while each user is sitting in different physical locations. Additionally, the virtual representation of the destination that the group of people are watching the movie together in can be themed to allow users to watch movies in different locations pivoting on special events or by the users choice.

Avatar integrated shared media experience

A system is disclosed for providing on-screen graphical handles to control interaction between a user and on-screen objects. A handle defines what actions a user may perform on the object, such as for example scrolling through a textual or graphical navigation menu. Affordances are provided to guide the user through the process of interacting with a handle.

Handles interactions for human&#x2014;computer interface

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Kirkland, WA, United States of America

Andrew Lawrence Mattingly