Abstract: A system and method for facilitating visual social communication through co-browsing is provided. A social session is established and includes a plurality of Web browsers. Each Web browser is loaded with social session code, which displays a social viewport. Substantially similar portions of Web content are synchronously displayed in the social viewport of each Web browser. A social change is displayed in the social viewport of one such Web browser. The social change is partitioned into at least one social change segment Each social change segment is transmitted to each other of the Web browsers. Each social change segment is received and displayed in the other Web browsers, such that the social change is reproduced smoothly in the Web browsers as the social change is progressively created.

Abstract: A system and method for automated synchronized co-browsing is provided. A co-browse session is established and includes a plurality of Web browsers. Each Web browser is loaded with social session code, which displays a social viewport. Web content is obtained in response to a request from one such Web browser. The Web content is provided to each Web browser. Substantially similar portions of the Web content are made viewable in each social viewport by selectively resizing the social viewports of the Web browsers.

Abstract: A system and method for providing chat on a Web page, whereby the chat text and the Web page content are displayed together in the same viewable area within a Web browser, the Web page content that is beneath the Chat text remains viewable, and the Chat text remains viewable even as a user scrolls the Web page or navigates to a new Web page. To prevent Chat boxes from obstructing Web content while Chat is being displayed, the boxes can automatically move to another location when a user moves his or her mouse nearby the area containing the Chat boxes.