Patent ID: 8448058

Claim:
A method for use in a computing environment, the method comprising: with at least one network-based computing device: generating, by a network-based presentation service, a combined presentation display that is displayable via one or more participant computing devices, said combined presentation display comprising a plurality of sections including at least: a first section to present first content received from a first presentation computing device hosted application; a second section to present second content received from a second presentation computing device hosted application; and an annotation section to present annotation content received from one or more of said one or more participant computing devices, and wherein said annotation section overlaps at least a portion of each of said first and second sections; wherein said generating comprises said network-based presentation service combining, in the first section, the second section, and the annotation section respectively, content from the first presentation computing device hosted application, content from the second presentation computing device hosted application, and annotation content from one of said one or more participant computing devices to generate the combined presentation display before sending the combined presentation display to said one or more participant computing devices; and sending, by the presentation service, said combined presentation display including the first section, the second section, and the annotation section to said one or more participant computing devices via one or more communication networks connecting the network-based presentation service to the one or more participant computing devices.