Configurable personal audiovisual device for use in networked application-sharing system

摘要

A method for facilitating sharing of widget programs among a plurality of personal electronic devices (102) is disclosed. The method includes establishing a database of the widget programs capable of being executed by the plurality of personal electronic devices. The method further includes receiving, over a communication network (116), a widget forwarding request from at least one of the plurality of personal electronic devices. An instance of a selected one of the widget programs is then transmitted, in response to the widget forwarding request, to another of the plurality of personal electronic devices.