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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 03, 2013
Filed:
Aug. 24, 2006
Daniel L Marks, Urbana, IL (US);
Daniel L Marks, Urbana, IL (US);
Other;
Abstract
A method of communicating via an Internet network, the method including: connecting, responsive to receiving from each of a plurality of computers a login name and a password corresponding to a respective user identity, a computer system to each of said plurality of computers; determining, by the computer system, which one or ones of the plurality of computers can communicate communications with at least one other of the plurality of computers; receiving, by the computer system, at least some of the communications in real time via the Internet network; and providing, by the computer system to at least one of the plurality of computers, a member-associated image and member identity information corresponding to one of the user identities.