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 creating a multi participant session among a plurality of participants, comprising:
 identifying a plurality of client terminals of a plurality of subscribers;   presenting a plurality of icons of interactive applications to a first subscriber of said plurality of subscribers, at least one application of said plurality of applications is one of an interactive quiz application and an interactive gambling application;   receiving, from said first subscriber, a selection indicative of selecting said one application; and   establishing a multi participant session between said first subscriber and at least one other subscriber of said plurality of subscribers according to said selection.   
     
     
         83 . The method of  claim 82  wherein said at least one application is an interactive quiz application. 
     
     
         84 . The method of  claim 82  wherein said at least one application is an interactive gambling application. 
     
     
         85 . The method of  claim 82 , wherein said plurality of interactive applications is stored on said client terminals. 
     
     
         86 . The method of  claim 82 , wherein said plurality of interactive applications is stored on a remote network node. 
     
     
         87 . The method of  claim 82 , wherein at least one of said plurality of interactive applications is a commercial application which contains commercial content. 
     
     
         88 . The method of  claim 82 , wherein at least one of said plurality of interactive applications is associated with a media content item. 
     
     
         89 . The method of  claim 82 , further comprising presenting on a first client terminal of said plurality of client terminals a user interface for receiving said selection from said first subscriber at said first client terminal. 
     
     
         90 . The method of  claim 82 , further comprising identifying said plurality of subscribers according to social connections. 
     
     
         91 . The method of  claim 82 , wherein said plurality of interactive applications is automatically selected from a group of interactive applications available to a first client terminal of said plurality of client terminals. 
     
     
         92 . A computer readable medium comprising computer executable instructions adapted to perform the method of  claim 82 . 
     
     
         93 . A system for creating a multi participant session among a plurality of participants, comprising:
 a plurality of client terminals of a plurality of subscribers,   wherein a first client terminal from said plurality of client terminals is configured to:
 presenting a plurality of icons of interactive applications to a first subscriber of said plurality of subscribers, at least one application of said plurality of applications is one of an interactive quiz application and an interactive gambling application; and 
 receiving, from said first subscriber, a selection indicative of selecting said one application; and 
   a central unit that establishes a multi participant session between said first subscriber and at least one other subscriber of said plurality of subscribers according to said selection.   
     
     
         94 . A computer program product for creating a multi participant session among a plurality of participants, said computer program product comprising:
 a computer readable storage medium having stored thereon:   first program instructions executable by a first client terminal from a plurality of client terminals of a plurality of subscribers to cause said first client terminal to present a plurality of icons of interactive applications to a first subscriber of said plurality of subscribers, at least one application of said plurality of applications is one of an interactive quiz application and an interactive gambling application;   second program instructions executable by said first client terminal to cause said first client terminal to receive, from said first subscriber, a selection indicative of selecting said one application; and   third program instructions executable by a central unit to cause said central unit to establish a multi participant session between said first subscriber and at least one other subscriber of said plurality of subscribers according to said selection.