Systems and methodologies for collaboration relative to a background image

摘要

A system and methodology for collaborating is provided for use by a plurality of users, comprised of a source providing an initial video presentation; control logic capturing and storing in a memory, at a first time, a portion of the initial display presentation to provide a base image for viewing by at least two of the users; input logic permitting input by at least two of the users to each generate annotation data for annotations having an associated image and input while a display presentation of the base image is provided for viewing to each said user, relative to which the input is made by each said user; storage logic storing the annotation data in the memory as associated with the user providing the input of said annotation data; and, display logic providing an updated said display presentation representative of the input generated by at least one of the users that are selected ones of the users, responsive to at least a part of the annotation data associated with the selected ones of the users. In one embodiment, the base image is comprised of at least one of: a screenshot at a first time of at least one of: a display of video game play, a video, a movie, a still photo, a display of a portion of a document or at least a portion of a drawing; a portion of at least one of: the display presentation of a video game play, a video, a movie, etc.