Method and system for collaborative and private sessions

A method comprising:

• associating a plurality of users with a collaborative session, the collaborative session including sharing of a common interface for interaction between the plurality of users;
• receiving a first cursor movement request from a first user of the plurality of users and a second cursor movement request from a second user of the plurality of users, the first cursor movement request to move a first cursor assigned the first user on the common interface during the collaborative shopping session and the second cursor movement request being to move a second cursor assigned to the second user on the common interface during the collaborative shopping session;
• distinguishing the first cursor from the second cursor on the common interface;
• and
• moving the first cursor and the second cursor on the common interface according to the first cursor movement request and the second cursor movement request.

An apparatus comprising:

• means for associating a plurality of users with a collaborative shopping session, the collaborative shopping session including a common interface displayed to the plurality of users;
• means for receiving a first cursor movement request from a first user of the plurality of users and a second cursor movement request from a second user of the plurality of users during the collaborative shopping session;
• means for selecting the first user based on satisfaction of at least one cursor movement criterion;
• means for moving the cursor on the common interface according to the first cursor movement request from the first user based on the selection, the movement of the cursor indicating a selection of an item displayed by the common interface;
• and
• means for displaying an indication that the item was selected on the common interface by the movement of the cursor.

A non-transitory machine readable medium having instructions embodied thereon that when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform a method, the method comprising:

• associating a plurality of users with a collaborative session, the collaborative session including sharing of a common interface for interaction between the plurality of users;
• receiving a first cursor movement request from a first user of the plurality of users and a second cursor movement request from a second user of the plurality of users, the first cursor movement request to move a first cursor assigned the first user on the common interface during the collaborative shopping session and the second cursor movement request being to move a second cursor assigned to the second user on the common interface during the collaborative shopping session;
• distinguishing the first cursor from the second cursor on the common interface;
• and moving the first cursor and the second cursor on the common interface according to the first cursor movement request and the second cursor movement request.