Patent ID: 8204935

Claim:
A multimedia collaboration system for free flow collaboration between a plurality of participants, the multimedia collaboration system configured so that all participants in a multimedia collaboration session have equal privilege levels regarding all controllable aspects of the multimedia collaboration session, the system comprising: an electronic communication network providing a communication medium among the plurality of participants; a presentation control of the session and a viewer control of the session; and at least one display section that displays a serial list of information that has been previously presented in the session, wherein at least one section allows each of the plurality of participants in the multimedia collaboration session to view at least a part of the previously presented information, wherein at least each participant is allowed to create their own presentation space within the multimedia collaboration session, and wherein the multimedia collaboration session comprises a private preview area for each participant in which information is privately viewed prior to sharing the information with other participants in the session, and wherein when the information is shared by one of the participants with the other participants the information presented is broadcasted to each of the participants' client devices by including a link to a live history section that stores the information being presented.