Method and system for enabling structured real-time conversations between multiple participants

A system for enabling a structured real-time network communication session, comprising:

• multiple client devices, each of the multiple client devices being capable of network communication and including a conversation client application that provides real-time communication functionality;
• a conversation server in communication with the multiple client devices, the conversation server comprising,
• a conversation means for keeping track of participants of a conversation taking place between the client devices, and
• a conversation application that uses the communication session to control a structured conversation among participants of the client devices to allow an initiating conversation participant to share multimedia objects and text with multiple other conversation participants, and that prompts the conversation participants to enter specific information at specific states in the conversation, thereby guiding participant responses in a structured manner.

A method for enabling a structured real-time network communication session for at two or more client devices, the method comprising:

• providing a server with set of conversation applications for providing the client devices with structured conversations;
• downloading from the server to at least one of the client devices a list of available structured conversations for display to an initiating participant;
• receiving by the server the participant's selection of one of the structured conversations and a selection of other participants for the conversation;
• invoking the conversation application corresponding to the selection;
• sending invitations to client devices corresponding to selected participants;
• associating the participant and each participant that accepted the invitation with the conversation, creating a conversation group;
• and
• invoking the conversation application to manage communication between the conversion group, wherein the conversation application uses the real-time communication session to send display content to the client devices, wherein the display content includes multimedia objects and input forms that restrict the participant's input by prompting for specific information at specific states of the conversation, thereby guiding participant responses in a structured manner.