Abstract: One example embodiment includes a computing environment that includes an application for connecting a remote user to a client. The application performs a method of providing functional advertisements to the user. The method includes providing a functional advertisement, where the functional advertisement includes an advertisement that the user can interact with. The method also includes connecting a user to the client over a network and transmitting the functional advertisement from the client to a user over the network.

Abstract: One example embodiment includes a computing environment that includes an application for connecting a remote user to a client. The applications performs a method of providing a social media experience for the user. The method includes connecting a first user to a first client over a network and connecting a second user to a second client over the network. The method also includes identifying the second user as a friend of the first user and notifying the first user that the second user is connected over the network. The method further includes allowing the first user to communicate with the second user over the network.

Abstract: One example embodiment includes a computing environment that includes an application for connecting a remote user to an event host. The application performs a method of providing interactivity between the host and the user. The method includes providing a host for an event and connecting a user to the host over a network. The method also includes transmitting real-time content over the network to the user and transmitting interactive content from the host to the user. The interactive content is related to the real-time content and can be manipulated by the user.