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A method and apparatus for synchronizing the display of the output of one or more applications being shared on participating host and guest computers, where the respective areas available for display of the output are unequal. In one embodiment, the host or a guest may alter the output display on th

A method and apparatus for synchronizing the display of the output of one or more applications being shared on participating host and guest computers, where the respective areas available for display of the output are unequal. In one embodiment, the host or a guest may alter the output display on the monitor's of all other guest participants. The host issues a command receivable by participating guests to alter the displayed output on the guest monitors corresponding to display output surrounding a point movable within the output display on the host monitor. A guest wishing to alter the output display on other guest monitors issues a request receivable by the host which in turn issues a command to all guests to update their output displays. The guests can be instructed to update the displays on their monitors to display output surrounding a point, movable under control of the requesting guest, within the output displayed on the requesting guest's monitor. In another embodiment, the output displayed on a guest monitor is updated automatically, as a shared cursor is moved from the boundary of the output displayed on the guest monitor.

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[ What we claim is:] [1.] A computer implemented method for the sharing of one or more applications by a host and a first guest, the first guest having a guest viewport on a guest video monitor, the host having a host viewport on a host video monitor, the one or more applications generating an outpu

[ What we claim is:] [1.] A computer implemented method for the sharing of one or more applications by a host and a first guest, the first guest having a guest viewport on a guest video monitor, the host having a host viewport on a host video monitor, the one or more applications generating an output display on the viewports of the host and the first guest, the method comprising the steps of:(a) tracking, with the computer, the position of a shared cursor on the video monitor of the first guest; and(b) automatically adjusting with the computer, in accordance with said tracking, the output display of the viewport of the first guest as necessary to maintain a desired portion of the output display within the viewport of the first guest, wherein the automatic adjusting does not require input of a human user of the first guest.