Patent ID: 8918483

Claim:
A method for downloading presentation files from a system boat provider at a remote system location to a local user competing machine and for synchronizing and managing of host provider activities at the remote system location that are related to the files downloaded to the local computing machine, the method comprising: accessing system host provider downloadable presentation files for viewing by a user, by accessing the system host provider, then accessing a desired downloadable presentation file and then beginning viewing of the desired downloadable presentation file contained at the system host provider; determining whether a user viewing a presentation file contained at a system host provider desires to view the presentation files at a user local machine; when the determination is that the user desires to view the presentation file at the local user computing machine, initiating a file download process from the system host provider to the user local machine while continuing to view the presentation file at the system host provider; determining when a threshold percentage of the file download has occurred; when the determination is that the predetermined percentage of the presentation file download has occurred, synchronizing the downloaded presentation file at the local user machine with a current location of content of the presentation file being shown at the system host provider; transferring user access from the presentation file being shown at the system host provider to access of the downloaded presentation file at the local user machine; opening the downloaded presentation file at the user local machine at a current location that matches a location of the presentation file being shown at the system host provider and terminating user access to the presentation file at the system host provider; and continuing the presentation file download process from the system host provider to the user local machine until completion of the download process.