Patent ID: 7925698

Claim:
A system for a collaboration session involving a plurality of participants, said system comprising: a mobile communication device associated with one of said participants and connected to a presenter server identified as a master presenter, said collaboration session involving presentation data changing state at said presenter server, wherein said presentation data comprises slides and said presentation data is configured with an identification of said master presenter, a file name corresponding to said presentation data and identification of synchronization destinations, said mobile communication device configured to receive synchronization commands from said presenter server over a telecommunications network and to return synchronization commands to said presenter server over said telecommunications network, said received synchronization commands representative of a change in state of said presentation data at said presenter server; and a synchronization destination including a presentation device configured to receive relayed synchronization commands from said mobile communication device, each said synchronization destination having a local copy of said presentation data prior to said synchronized presentation and each participant being at one said synchronization destination, wherein said relayed synchronization commands enable synchronization at said system of the local copy of said presentation data with the presentation data at said presenter server, at least one said synchronization destination selectively returning synchronization commands through said mobile communication device to said presenter server; wherein said synchronization destination runs a synchronization application which utilizes said received synchronization commands from said mobile communication device to synchronize said local copy of the presentation data; and wherein said received synchronization commands and said returned synchronization commands include messages indicating current slide number, file name of data being presented, page numbers, mouse coordinates, and screen coordinates.