Systems and methodologies relative to a background image in interactive media and video gaming technology

Abstract

A system and method for controlled collaboration among a plurality of users, each at one of a plurality of computing appliances having a display apparatus and an input apparatus. An initial video presentation is displayed on at least two of the display apparatus. At least a part of the initial presentation is captured and stored and used to provide a presentation of a background image. Each of at least two users provide via the input apparatus a User Input having an associated presentation relative to the background image presentation, said User Input being stored as associated with the computing appliance/user providing the input. Data for the User Input is stored in a non-transient memory as associatively mapped to the user/computing appliance providing the User Input. An updated presentation is generated comprised of the at least a part of the presentation of the background image and displayed with the associated presentations for a least some of the input data in the memory that is associatively mapped to at least two of the users/computing appliances. The updated presentation is displayed on the display apparatus of at least one of the computing appliances.