Methods and systems for creating and managing multi participant sessions

A system for selecting at least one interactive application, comprising:

• 1) a central unit comprising:
• 1.1) a processor;
• and
• 1.2) a non-transitory computer-readable medium for instructions execution by the processor, the non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon instructions to receive a request with an identifier of a media content item currently presented by a client terminal to a user and to automatically send a response with at least one corresponding characteristic of at least one friend of said user watching said media content item with said user;
• and
• 2) a client terminal comprising:
• 2.1) a processor;
• and
• 2.2) a non-transitory computer-readable medium for instructions execution by the processor, the non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon instructions to receive said response, to automatically select a group of a plurality of interactive applications available to said client terminal according to said at least one characteristic of said at least one friend and to present icons corresponding to members of said group on a display of said client terminal concurrently with presenting said media content item;
• wherein at least one of said plurality of interactive applications presents a graphical user interface (GUI) in conjunction with media content presented on a display of said client terminal.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium for selecting at least one interactive application, comprising instructions stored thereof, that when executed on a processor, perform the steps of:

• sending, by a client terminal to a central unit, a request with an identifier of a media content item currently presented by said client terminal to a user and automatically receiving, by the client terminal, a response with at least one corresponding characteristic of at least one friend of said user watching said media content item with said user;
• automatically selecting a group of a plurality of interactive applications available to said client terminal according to said at least one characteristic of said at least one friend;
• and
• presenting icons corresponding to members of said group on a display of said client terminal concurrently with presenting said media content item;
• wherein at least one of said plurality of interactive applications presents a graphical user interface (GUI) in conjunction with media content presented on a display of said client terminal.

A method for selecting at least one interactive application, comprising:

• identifying a plurality of interactive applications which are available to a client terminal of a user, wherein at least one of said plurality of interactive applications presents a graphical user interface (GUI) in conjunction with media content presented on a display of said client terminal;
• identifying a media content item being currently presented on said client terminal;
• automatically identifying whether the user is watching said media content item alone or that at least one friend of said user is watching said media content item with said user;
• automatically selecting a group of said plurality of interactive applications according to whether the user is watching said media content item alone or with said at least one friend;
• and
• presenting icons corresponding to members of said group on a display of said client terminal concurrently with presenting said media content item.