System and method for collaborative shopping, business and entertainment

A method of collaborative online shopping comprising:

• initiating, by a first computing device, an online collaborative event via an application of a remote server, wherein the remote server provides a multimedia sharing environment to the first computing device and other remote computing devices, the multimedia sharing environment enabling real-time synchronized display of data on the first computing device and the other remote computing devices;
• displaying in response to the initiating, by the first computing device, a collaborative viewing window, a communication tool enabling a first user of the first computing device to selectively communicate with other users of the respective other remote computing devices, and a viewing tool enabling the first user to selectively switch between a plurality of views in the collaborative viewing window, wherein each of the plurality of views are controlled by different ones of the first computing device and the other remote computing devices of the multimedia sharing environment;
• receiving, by the first computing device, a selection of a first view of the plurality of views, wherein the first view is controlled by one of the other remote computing devices;
• displaying, by the first computing device, a broadcast of the first view of the one of the other remote computing devices from the remote server in the viewing window in response to the selection of the first view, wherein changes to the first view implemented by the one of the other remote computing devices are displayed in the viewing window in real-time;
• selective sharing, by the first computing device, account resources of the one of the other remote computing devices with the first user, wherein the account resources are separate from the viewing window and include at least one selected from the group consisting of:
• virtual shopping carts, shopping lists, wish lists, fitting rooms, user models, products of interest to users bills, audio files and play lists, images, users' ratings, feedback, and user-specified content regarding a product including comments and tags;
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• initiating, by the first computing device, the communication tool to selectively send a communication to one of the other users of the respective other remote computing devices during the online collaborative event.