Patent ID: 7287054

Claim:
A method for sharing a browsing experience, the method comprising: determining, at an inviter computer, whether a pre-specified online co-user account is currently active on an invitee computer; sending to the invitee computer, via an online messenger communication path, an invitation to establish a co-browsing experience between the inviter computer and the invitee computer; receiving an acceptance of the invitation from the invitee computer; establishing a co-browsing communication path between the inviter computer and the invitee computer; communicating information relating to the co-browsing browsing experience between the inviter computer and the invitee computer via the co-browsing communications path; receiving from the invitee computer, data relating to a current position of a cursor within a browser window at the invitee computer; displaying a remote cursor indicator at a position within a browser window at the inviter computer that corresponds to the current position of the cursor within the browser window at the invitee computer; and determining if a webpage selected by the inviter computer is blocked at the invitee computer, and if so, preventing the webpage from being displayed at the invitee computer, and further preventing a user of the inviter computer from determining that the webpage was blocked at the invitee computer.