Patent ID: 8949352
Filing Date: 2015-02-03
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method executed at least in part in a computing device for sharing documents synchronously between a presenter and one or more viewers through browsers, the method comprising: enabling the presenter to initiate a broadcast session; upon receiving a broadcast request from the presenter, providing the presenter with a link to a document to-be-shared; enabling the presenter to send the link to the one or more viewers; enabling the one or more viewers to view the document synchronously with the presenter in response to activating the link received from the presenter; enabling the one or more viewers to navigate through the document independently from the presenter and to synchronize back with the presenter after viewing the document asynchronously for a period; if the presenter has edited the document while a viewer is navigating through the document independently from the presenter, providing the viewer with an alert upon detecting an attempt by the viewer to synchronize back with the presenter; and enabling the one or more viewers to refresh the document if modified by the presenter while viewing the document asynchronously.