Technique for obtaining and exchanging information on world wide web
US5991796A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 13, 1998 |
| Grant date | Nov 23, 1999 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 13, 2018 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F2216/15
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Computer users may utilize different web browsers to access a server system on the World Wide Web (WWW) to create or join a collaborative browsing session. The users or collaborators in a session are connected by one or more controllers in the server system. When a collaborator creates or joins a session, mobile code is transmitted from the system to the collaborator's computer to create a surrogate thereon, which monitors the collaborator's interaction with a web browser on the computer. The controllers communicate with all the surrogates of the collaborators to coordinate the collaborative browsing effort. When one of the surrogates detects a change by a collaborator of a uniform resource locator (URL), the new URL is communicated through the controllers to the surrogates of all other collaborators in the session. As such, the collaborators are able to move from one URL to another to browse information in a synchronous manner. In addition, the collaborators can interactively communicate with one another in real time through the respective surrogates during the session.
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