Method of remotely controlling a presentation to freeze an image using a portable electronic device

A presentation system, comprising:

• a portable electronic device capable of displaying a presentation;
• a presentation device;
• a communications component in each of said portable electronic device and presentation device for establishing communication therebetween;
• a presentation application component associated with the portable electronic device in communication with a presentation adapter associated with the presentation device via each said communications component for sending presentation data from the portable electronic device to the presentation device so that said presentation is displayed simultaneously at the portable electronic device and presentation device and for remotely controlling the display of said presentation data at the presentation device, including suspending remote control by the portable electronic device and freezing the presentation at current slide being displayed simultaneously at the portable electronic device and the presentation device so as to enable navigation between other slides at said portable electronic device, one of either generating a status icon or watermarking said current slide being displayed simultaneously at the portable electronic and the presentation device in response to freezing the presentation, and resuming remote control of the presentation device by the portable electronic device at a current slide being displayed on the portable electronic device.