Collaborative browsing of the internet

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2007-01-12

2009-06-09

Jean, Frantz B. (Department: 2154)

Electrical computers and digital processing systems: multicomput

Computer conferencing

C709S203000, C715S751000, C715S752000, C715S753000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07546344

ABSTRACT:
The present invention is directed to a technique for collaborative browsing among users at two or more different PCs. In an illustrative system in accordance with the present invention, copies of selected URLs are shared among collaborating PCs, each of which uses the URL to retrieve the corresponding document. In this system, a PC is configured to select hyperlinks for itself and one or more other PCs. Each URL corresponding to a selected hyperlink is communicated via the Internet (using standard Internet protocols) to a server. The server broadcasts the URL to the collaborating PCs each of which retrieves the corresponding document in conventional fashion. The server knows the IP addresses of the collaborating PCs through a collaboration set-up process which occurs in advance of the actual collaborative browsing session.

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