The invention relates to an electronic public library system for providing
reading together of an electronic children literature item at two remote
computers, which comprises: (a) an adult computer and a child computer
that are located remote one from the other, and are connected to the
Internet; (b) two mouse pointing devices, one at each of said computers;
(c) a camera and microphone at each of said computers for producing an
adult live video channel and child live video channel from each of said
adult and child computers respectively; and (d) a library server which
comprises: (i) storage for storing a collection of children literature
items for selection; (ii) a user interface for enabling access, and
selection of an item from a first of said adult or child computers; (iii)
item processing unit for (I) establishing communication with said two
computers; (II) receiving the adult and child video channels from said
adult and child computers respectively; (III) activating the selected
children literature item; (IV) receiving mouse locations from each of
said two computers from a synchronization unit; (V) sending synchronized
images simultaneously to both of said adult and child computers, wherein
the images sent to each of said two computers comprise the same
literature item image at a first screen portion, mouse indicators of said
two computers distinguished one from the other by shape, and for each
party, a live video display of the other party positioned at a second
screen portion; and (iv) a synchronization unit for receiving control
instructions over the literature item from each of said computers, and
mouse location from each of said
computers, effecting the control over the item accordingly, and producing
two mouse indicators distinguished one from the other by shape, such that
the processing unit can send to both computers both of said mouse
indicators distinguished by shape.