Peer to peer communication system and method

A method, comprising:

• interfacing with an application running on an engine to enable a first user in a session to control one or more avatars generated by the engine application, wherein the engine is operable using one or more processors and memory and includes a rendering engine to generate the one or more avatars and an audio engine to generate sound including by:
• interfacing between the engine application and a set of browser-supported real-time application programming interfaces to provide real-time communication between remotely-located network connected devices over an internet employing a web- or browser-based real-time communication protocol, and
• providing interoperability between a C# class library and C++ code and C++ classes provided by the set of browser-supported real-time application programming interfaces;
• establishing a communication link between the first user and one or more additional users located remotely from the first user for transmission in real-time of audio, video, and data communications;
• capturing an incoming audio transmission and an incoming video transmission from input devices, operable by the first user during a session controlling the one or more avatars, and transmitting audio, video, and data to the engine;
• and
• transmitting, in real time, synchronized audio, video, and data communications to the one or more additional users over the communication link.

A communication system, comprising:

• a memory;
• and
• one or more processors coupled to the memory and configured to:
• interface with an application running on an engine to enable a first user in a session to control one or more avatars generated by the engine application, wherein the engine is operable using the one or more processors and memory and includes a rendering engine to generate the one or more avatars and an audio engine to generate sound;
• establish a communication link between the first user and one or more additional users located remotely from the first user for transmission in real-time of audio, video, and data communications;
• capture an incoming audio transmission and an incoming video transmission from input devices, operable by the first user during a session controlling the one or more avatars, and transmitting audio, video, and data to the engine;
• transmit, in real time, synchronized audio, video, and data communications to the one or more additional users over the communication link;
• and
• record in real time incoming video and audio during a session,
• wherein the recorded video and/or recorded audio are captured in one or both of high definition and low definition, and
• wherein one or both of the recorded video and recorded audio captured in high definition are stored on a local computer device and one or both of the recorded video and recorded audio captured in low definition are stored in a server.

A method, comprising:

• interfacing with an application running on an engine to enable a first user in a session to control one or more avatars generated by the engine application, wherein the engine is operable using one or more processors and memory and includes a rendering engine to generate the one or more avatars and an audio engine to generate sound;
• establishing a communication link between the first user and one or more additional users located remotely from the first user for transmission in real-time of audio, video, and data communications;
• capturing an incoming audio transmission and an incoming video transmission from input devices, operable by the first user during a session controlling the one or more avatars, and transmitting audio, video, and data to the engine;
• transmitting, in real time, synchronized audio, video, and data communications to the one or more additional users over the communication link;
• and
• recording in real time incoming video and audio during a session,
• wherein the recorded video and/or recorded audio are captured in one or both of high definition and low definition, and
• wherein one or both of the recorded video and recorded audio captured in high definition are stored on a local computer device and one or both of the recorded video and recorded audio captured in low definition are stored in a server.