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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 09, 2011
Filed:
Aug. 26, 2005
Vernon Melvin Guymon, Iii, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Eric Nathan Ries, Palo Alto, CA (US);
William David Harvey, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Matt Danzig, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Marcus Gosling, San Francisco, CA (US);
Vernon Melvin Guymon, III, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Eric Nathan Ries, Palo Alto, CA (US);
William David Harvey, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Matt Danzig, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Marcus Gosling, San Francisco, CA (US);
IMVU, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Abstract
A computer-implemented chat system having dual channel communications and self-defining product structures is disclosed. The system and method includes providing a first logical communication channel between a first chat client and a second chat client, the first logical channel conveying text chat messages between the first chat client and the second chat client; providing a second logical communication channel between the first chat client and the second chat client, the second logical channel conveying text chat command/control information between the first chat client and the second chat client; and using the chat command/control information to modify a 3D chat scene displayed on each of the first chat client and the second chat client systems.