Bi-directional sharing of a document object model

摘要

A system and a method are disclosed for bi-directionally sharing DOMS in order to enable a shared internet browsing experience between first and second client computing devices. The client computing devices share the DOMs of the webpages each is currently viewing via a central server. In this manner, the webpage being viewed at the first client computing device is rendered at the second client computing device and the webpage being viewed at the second client computing device is rendered at the first client computing device.

主权项

1. A method for bi-directionally sharing document object models (DOMs) to enable a shared internet browsing experience, that method comprising:
sending a first request to a first website server for computer readable code corresponding to a first webpage; receiving the computer readable code from the first website server; generating a first DOM using the computer readable code, the first DOM including instructions for rendering the first webpage and a share script, the share script including instructions for rendering a toolbar in conjunction with the first webpage, the toolbar comprising user controls including a first control for initiating sharing of the first webpage and a second control for adding an annotation to the first webpage; rendering the first DOM in a first frame of a web browser, wherein the rendering includes obtaining resources from the first website server and a central server; filtering the first DOM to remove unnecessary data, the unnecessary data including the share script; sending the first DOM to the central server; receiving, from the central server, a second DOM corresponding to a second webpage being viewed on a remote computer, the second webpage hosted at a second website server, the second website server different than the central server; and rendering the second DOM in a second frame of the web browser, wherein the rendering includes obtaining resources from the second website server.