A method, a hypermedia browser, a network client, a network server, and a computer software product for providing joint navigation of hypermedia documents

摘要

The present invention relates to a method for sharing a hypermedia document presentation in a browser context between at least two clients (C1, C2, C3), the method comprising the following steps of establishing a common presentation context (SV), exchanging continuously interaction events (IC1, IC2, IC3) between the clients within the common presentation context, and presenting the common presentation context, such that a client has its own replica of the shared presentation context within a browser and the method comprises the further steps of coordinating interaction events by resolving the interaction events according to preferences and emulating the coordinated interaction events in the replica of the shared presentation context at a client. The present invention relates further to a hypermedia browser, a network client, a network server, and a computer software product. This invention targets the problem of providing a multimedia collaboration and communication within a browser context by a hypermedia platform-independent communication providing a joint navigation metaphor. <IMAGE>