System and method for record and playback of collaborative web browsing session

1. A system, comprising:

a presenter client;

a control server connected to the presenter client;

wherein the control server enables the presenter client to control a web browsing session;

wherein the presenter client includes a counter to keep track of a number of one or more messages sent to the control server; and

a playback client connected to the control server and configured to replay the web browsing session recorded by the presenter client.

2. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the presenter client comprises:

an initiator configured to begin recording the web browsing session;

a selector enabling the presenter client to select a name for the recorded web browsing session; and

a presenter client transmitter configured to transmit audio and visual data of the web browsing session to the control server.

3. The system according to claim 2 , wherein the control server comprises a control client receiver to receive the audio and visual data transmitted by the presenter client transmitter.

4. The system according to claim 3 , wherein the control server comprises an archiver to store the audio and visual data of the web browsing session.

5. The system according to claim 4 , wherein the control server comprises a merger configured to merge the audio and visual data stored in the archiver.

6. The system according to claim 5 , wherein the control server comprises a control client transmitter configured to transmit the merged audio and visual data to the playback client.

7. The system according to claim 6 , wherein the playback client comprises:

a requestor configured to transmit a request to the control client receiver to replay the recorded web browsing session; and

a playback client receiver configured to receive the merged audio and visual data from the control client transmitter.

8. The system according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a first web browser installed on the presenter client to present the web browser session;

a second web browser installed on an attendee client to view the web browser session, wherein the attendee client is configured to view the web browsing session presented by the presenter client; and

a third web browser installed on the playback client to replay the web browser session recorded by the presenter client.

9. The system according to claim 8 , wherein the control server is configured to:

enable at least one of the presenter client to control the web browsing session at the attendee client: and

the presenter client to control the second web browser installed on the attendee client.

10. The system according to claim 8 , wherein the presenter client comprises a first applet associated with the first web browser, wherein the attendee client comprises a second applet associated with the second web browser; and wherein the first and second applets are configured to communicate with the control server via the network.

11. The system according to claim 8 , wherein the presenter client, the attendee client, and the playback client are one of a personal computer and a laptop computer.

12. The system according to claim 8 , comprising a network connected to the presenter client, the control server, the playback client, and the attendee client wherein the network is one of an Internet, a LAN, a WAN, and an intranet.

13. A method, comprising:

presenting a web browsing session by a presenter client;

recording the web browsing session by the presenter client;

wherein the presenter client includes a counter to keep track of a number of one or messages sent to the control server; and

replaying the recorded browsing session at a playback client connected to the presenter client via the network.

14. The method of claim 13 , comprising presenting the web browsing session by the presenter client to an attendee client connected to the presenter client and the client server via the network.

15. The method of claim 14 , comprising viewing the web browsing session at the attendee client.

16. The method according to claim 14 , wherein the presenter client, the attendee client, and the playback client are one of a personal computer and a laptop computer.

17. The method according to claim 14 , wherein:

the web browser session is presented via a first web browser installed on the presenter client;

the web browser session is viewed via a second web browser installed on the attendee client; and

the web browser session recorded by the presenter client is replayed via a third web browser installed on the playback client.

18. The method according to claim 17 , further comprising enabling the presenter client to control the second web browser installed on the attendee client.

19. The method according to claim 18 , wherein a first applet associated with the first web browser and a second applet associated with the second web browser communicate with the control server via the network.

20. The method according to claim 13 , further comprising:

transmitting audio and visual data of the web browsing session from a presenter client transmitter to a control server connected to the presenter client via the network;

receiving the audio and visual data transmitted by the presenter client transmitter at a control client receiver;

storing the received audio and visual data of the web browsing session in an archiver of the control server;

merging the audio and visual dated stored in the archiver;

transmitting a request from a requestor of the playback client to the control client receiver to replay the recorded web browsing session at the playback client;

transmitting the merged audio and visual data from a control client transmitter to the playback client connected to the control server via the network; and

receiving the merged audio and visual data from the control client transmitter at a playback client receiver.