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System and method for real-time co-browsing

  • US 7,149,776 B1
  • Filed: 08/26/2002
  • Issued: 12/12/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/31/2001
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of facilitating collaborative browsing of an electronic page, comprising:

  • establishing a collaborative browsing session at a collaboration server;

    receiving the electronic page at the collaboration server, wherein the electronic page is formatted according to a markup language and comprises a plurality of URLs (Uniform Resource Locators) identifying objects other than the electronic page;

    on the collaboration server, modifying a first set of the URLs to refer to the collaboration server, wherein the first set of the URLs includes URLs associated with links that cannot be trapped, or modified by a browser at runtime;

    distributing the electronic page from the collaborative server to multiple clients, wherein each client operates a browser; and

    at each client, modifying a second set of the URLs to point to the collaboration server upon selecting or invoking the second set of the URLs.

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