Patent ID: 8930457
Filing Date: 2015-01-06
Classification: G06F,H04L,H04N

Abstract:
1. A computer program product comprising: a non-transitory computer readable storage medium; and computer usable code stored on the non-transitory computer readable storage medium, where, if executed by a processor, the computer usable code causes a first device to: detect one or more proximity events between the first device and a plurality of second devices; connect a local browser on the first device to a central proxy server to initiate a co-browsing session between the first device and the plurality of second devices based on the one or more proximity events; identify one or more co-browsing updates originating from the first device; transmit at least one of the one or more co-browsing updates originating from the first device to the central proxy server; determine that the local browser on the first device has been placed in a background mode; receive one or more co-browsing updates originating from one or more of the plurality of second devices; and apply at least one of the one or more co-browsing updates to the local browser while the local browser is in the background mode.