Patent ID: 6944826

Claim:
A system, comprising: a plurality of computing systems, wherein the plurality of computing systems are collocated and coupled by a network; a plurality of remote human interfaces, wherein each of the plurality of remote human interfaces is located at a remote user location; a plurality of communication links, wherein each communication link is coupled between one of the plurality of collocated computing systems and one of the plurality of remote human interfaces; wherein each of the plurality of collocated computing systems is operable to present on its respective remote human interface: 1) a graphical user interface for application software executing on its respective collocated computing system; 2) a graphical user interface for conducting telephone calls; and 3) a video window; and wherein each one of the plurality of collocated computing systems provides, on its respective remote human interface, each of the graphical user interface for the application software, the graphical user interface for conducting telephone calls, and the video window.