Co-presence data retrieval system

A co-presence client comprising:

• means, operative with a data retrieval client, for communicating with a data server;
• and
• object association means for associating a data object received from said data server with a virtual place in a co-presence server.

A computer product readable by a machine, tangibly embodying a program of instructions executable by the machine to perform method steps for co-presence at a data said method steps comprising:

• generating a virtual place to be associated with a data object requested by a data retrieval client and retrieved from a data server;
• and
• downloading a co-presence client in response to said data object being retrieved, said at least one co-presence client operative with said data retrieval client, for communicating with said data server, said co-presence client including object association means for associating said data object with said associated virtual place in said co-presence server.

A co-presence server comprising:

• means for generating one virtual place per data object retrieved from a data server and for associating each virtual place with its data object once its data object is accessed;
• and
• means for providing each virtual place associated with each retrieved data object with a communication channel for at least two users that access said data object.

A computer product readable by a machine, tangibly embodying a program of instructions executable by the machine to perform method steps for co-presence at a data object, said method steps comprising:

• generating one virtual place per data object retrieved from a data server and for associating each virtual place with its data object once its data object is accessed;
• and
• providing each virtual place associated with each retrieved data object with a communication channel for at least two users that access said data object.