Patent ID: 7634571

Claim:
A method of remotely monitoring an Internet session, the method comprising: (a) a user computer participating in a first Internet session at a first Internet protocol (IP) address; (b) the user computer storing in a memory buffer data transmitted from and received at the user computer during the first Internet session at the first IP address; (c) following step (b), in response to user activation of an icon or key thereof the user computer initiating a second Internet session at a second IP address concurrent with the first Internet session at the first IP address; (d) following step (c), the user computer transferring the data stored in the memory buffer in step (b) prior to the activation in step (c) to the second IP address via the second Internet session; and (e) following step (c), the user computer transferring data transmitted from and received at the user computer following the activation in step (c) in real-time during the first Internet session to the second IP address internet session.