Patent ID: 8581931

Claim:
A method of remotely controlling a presentation device from a portable electronic device, the method comprising: establishing communication between the portable electronic device and presentation device; sending presentation data and commands from the portable electronic device to the presentation device so that a presentation is displayed simultaneously at the portable electronic device and presentation device; suspending said commands while permitting at least one of navigation through and manipulation of said presentation at said portable electronic device; freezing, by said presentation device, the presentation at a current slide being displayed simultaneously at the portable electronic device and the presentation device in response to said suspending; in response to said freezing, one of either generating a status icon of said current slide being displayed simultaneously at the portable electronic device, or watermarking said current slide being displayed simultaneously at the portable electronic device; resuming said commands for continuing display of said presentation simultaneously at the portable electronic device and the presentation device; and continuing, by said presentation device, to display said presentation at a slide being displayed on the portable electronic device in response to said resuming.