Patent ID: 7698364

Claim:
In a system comprising a server, at least one slave client computer and a host client computer, the host client computer comprising: a processor; a memory in communication with the processor; a browser application resident in the memory, the browser application issuing a request for content on a server, the request comprising a locator corresponding to the content; a communications interface to a communications network, the communications interface resident in the memory and configured to establish a communications link between the host client computer and the at least one slave client computer on the communications network, wherein the communications link utilizes a tunneling protocol; and a shared view engine resident in the memory for receiving an identification of the at least one slave client computer, intercepting the request issued by the browser application, determining a required cookie data on the host client computer associated with the request, wherein the required cookie data describes state information of the host client computer in relation to the server and does not describe state information of the at least one slave client computer in relation to the server, and providing, via the communications link to the at least one slave client computer, a message comprising the locator and the required cookie data, wherein the shared view engine is configured to selectively direct at least one slave shared view engine resident in the at least one slave client computer to prevent the at least one slave client computer from requesting a Web site from the server.