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System and method for using an instant messaging environment to establish a hosted application sharing session

  • US 20030018725A1
  • Filed: 10/26/2001
  • Published: 01/23/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/20/2000
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. ) A method for communicating hosted application information to allow sharing of a hosted application session, comprising the steps of:

  • instantiating a first instant messaging client on a first network access device, said first network access device being remote from a hosted application server, said first network access device participating in a hosted network application;

    establishing a communications path from the first network access device to a second network access device, said second network access device running a second instant messaging client, said second instant messaging client being communicably connected to said first instant messaging client via a network, said communications path for communicating information using an instant messaging protocol between the first and second network access devices; and

    using an instant messaging protocol to communicate hosted application information to the second network access device, said information comprising parameters for sharing the hosted application session being participated in by the first network access device.

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