Navigation and view sharing system for remote collaboration

A non-transitory, computer-readable medium coupled to one or more processors and having instructions stored thereon which, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations, the operations comprising:

• displaying, in a user interface of a first instance of a collaboration application of a first user, a first portion of a shared document to the first user, wherein the displayed first portion comprises a first location of the first user within the shared document;
• and
• providing, in the user interface of the first user, an indication specifying a relative locational direction from the first location towards a second location of a second user within the shared document,
• wherein a second portion of the shared document is being displayed to the second user through a second instance of the collaboration application during a conference call between a set of users comprising the first user and the second user, and
• wherein the displayed second portion of the shared document comprises the second location of the second user within the shared document.

A system comprising:

• a computing device;
• and
• a computer-readable storage device coupled to the computing device and having instructions stored thereon which, when executed by the computing device, cause the computing device to perform operations, the operations comprising:
• displaying, in a user interface of a first instance of a collaboration application of a first user, a first portion of a shared document to the first user, wherein the displayed first portion comprises a first location of the first user within the shared document;
• and
• providing, in the user interface of the first user, an indication specifying a relative locational direction from the first location towards a second location of a second user within the shared document,
• wherein a second portion of the shared document is being displayed to the second user through a second instance of the collaboration application during a conference call between a set of users comprising the first user and the second user, and
• wherein the displayed second portion of the shared document comprises the second location of the second user within the shared document.