Patent ID: 6686933
Filing Date: 2004-02-03
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
In a computer system for facilitating collaboration via a collaborative application between a first computer having a first output device and a second computer having a second output device, wherein the first computer and the second computer are loosely coupled, a method comprising;providing a user interface element for the collaborative application in an initial state on the first output device and the second output device, said user interface element including at least one of a scrollbar, a slider, a menu, and button; and in response to manipulation of the user interface element at the first computer, outputting the user interface element in a modified state on the first output device, wherein the user interface element in the modified state identifies that there is a divergence of views of a given magnitude between when the user interface element in the modified state is output by the first output device and when the user interface element in the modified state is output by the second output device, and the user interface element in the modified state at the first output device provides an indication of the magnitude of the divergence of views.