Patent ID: 6668273
Filing Date: 2003-12-23
Classification: G06F,G06Q

Abstract:
A computer system for collaborative browsing by a first computer with a first display and a second computer with a second display, through a control site computer, wherein said first, control site, and second computers are coupled together through a computer network and said second computer executes a browser application, said computer system comprising:a control module for enabling the first computer to control the browser application executed by the second computer so that files from the network displayed by the browser application on the second display are determined by the first computer, the control module comprising an active control module at the first computer and a control site control module at the control site computer, the control site control module comprising a storage for computer instructions for execution by the control site computer, the instructions configured to cause the control site computer to: receive an image from the first computer, compose a URL for the received image, send the URL to the second computer, receive a request from the second computer for the URL, and transmit the image to the second computer.