Methods and systems for creating and managing multi participant sessions

Abstract

A method of creating a multi participant session among a plurality of viewers of media content. The method comprises automatically identifying which media content is currently presented on a plurality of client terminals of a plurality of subscribers, receiving, from a first subscriber, a first selection indicative of a template of a multi participant session object and a second selection indicative of a group from the plurality of subscribers, creating a multi participant session object adapted for simultaneous presentation with the media content according to first and second selections and establishing a multi participant session among at least one member of the group and the first subscriber using the multi participant session object.

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         82 . A method of selecting at least one interactive application, comprising:
 identifying a plurality of subscribers which are currently sharing a common client terminal;   retrieving a corresponding user profile for each subscriber of said plurality of subscribers; and   presenting at least one icon of an interactive application on said common client terminal according to at least two of said user profiles.   
     
     
         83 . The method of  claim 82 , wherein said presenting comprises:
 generating a common user profile based on at least two of said user profiles; and   presenting said at least one icon on said common client terminal according to said common user profile.   
     
     
         84 . The method of  claim 82 , wherein said common client terminal is presenting media content at the time of said presenting of said at least one icon. 
     
     
         85 . The method of  claim 82 , wherein said interactive application is stored on said common client terminal. 
     
     
         86 . The method of  claim 82 , wherein said interactive application is stored on a remote network node. 
     
     
         87 . The method of  claim 82 , wherein said interactive application contains commercial content. 
     
     
         88 . The method of  claim 82 , wherein said interactive application is associated with a media content item. 
     
     
         89 . The method of  claim 82 , wherein said interactive application is automatically selected from a group of interactive applications available to said common client terminal. 
     
     
         90 . A computer readable medium comprising computer executable instructions adapted to perform the method of  claim 82 . 
     
     
         91 . A system for selecting at least one interactive application, comprising:
 a database storing a corresponding user profile for each of a plurality of subscribers sharing a common client terminal; and   a client module installed on said common client terminal that presents at least one icon of an interactive application on a display of said common client terminal according to at least two of said user profiles.   
     
     
         92 . A computer program product for selecting at least one interactive application, said computer program product comprising:
 a computer readable storage medium having stored thereon:   first program instructions executable by a processor to cause said processor to store in a database a corresponding user profile for each of a plurality of subscribers sharing a common client terminal; and   second program instructions executable by a client module installed on said common client terminal to cause said client module to present at least one icon of an interactive application on a display of said common client terminal according to at least two of said user profiles.