Patent ID: 7877693

Claim:
A method for sharing applications with a plurality of users, comprising: receiving a first security measure related to application sharing by a first user at a first computer with a second user at a second computer, wherein application of the first security measure at the first computer either allows the first user to share applications on the first computer with the second user or prevents the first user from sharing applications on the first computer with the second user; applying the first security measure at the first computer; and if application of the first security measure at the first computer allows the first user to share applications on the first computer with the second user, then selecting at least one of a plurality of applications operating on the first computer to share with at least the second computer; selecting at least one of a plurality of security measures for preventing the second user operating the second computer from performing at least one of a plurality of unauthorized operations on a selected application; and initiating applications sharing on the first computer for the selected application, wherein an image of data displayed at the first computer is transmitted for display at the second computer, and wherein the second user is permitted to access or observe an initiated application, but is not permitted to perform any unauthorized operations on an application being shared.