A view multiplexer, a viewing infrastructure and a method of multiplexing
a view for use with a service application. In one embodiment, the viewing
infrastructure includes a service application, a communications network
coupled to the service application, a plurality of viewers coupled to the
network and a view multiplexer coupled to both the service application
and the communications network. A service coordinator of the view
multiplexer simulates a single representative viewer from the plurality
of viewers to the service application. A state collaborator, which is
coupled to the service coordinator of the view multiplexer, provides a
network state to the plurality of viewers.