Patent ID: 6847334

Claim:
In a system that displays an image on a local display unit and on a remote display unit, which local and remote display units are used and observed by a respective local user and remote user, a method of identifying portions of the displayed images, comprising the steps of: displaying on the local unit a first local icon at a location on the locally displayed image, which location being selected by the local user; and transmitting the remote user information for generating on the remotely displayed image a first remote icon corresponding to the first local icon such that the first remote icon is displayed on the remotely displayed image at the location on the image selected by the local user; and displaying on the local unit a second local icon at a location on the locally displayed image, which location being selected by the remote user; and providing the first remote icon with an appearance indicating that the location of the first remote icon was selected by the local user and not the remote user.