Patent ID: 9171087
Filing Date: 2015-10-27
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for establishing a synchronized browsing session, comprising: sending by a host device a request to establish the synchronized browsing session to a synchronization server; receiving by the host device a confirmation message from the synchronization server including a session identifier associated with the established synchronized browsing session; sending by the host device an invitation to an invitee device to join the synchronized browsing session, recording by the host device a shared web browsing interaction between the host device and the website server transmitting, from the host device, information related to the shared web browsing interaction to the synchronization server, receiving, by the host device from the synchronization server responsive to the transmitted information, an affiliation ID code, the affiliation ID code being used by the website server as a unique browsing session identifier for the host device; and sending, from the host device to the website server, the affiliation ID code.