by the remote viewing service 32 the rvs software 20 will contact the remote viewing service 32 to establish the session for example the rvs software 20 will communicate with one of the web servers 38 associated with the remote viewing service 32 to initiate a session arrow a session initiation may include authentication establishing authorization with the server and setting up accounting entries for the session encryption parameters may also be negotiated at this stage for example ssl may be used to encrypt the session traffic once the display 34 has completed the session initiation process with the server 38 a passcode for the session will be generated either automatically by the server or in connection with host input the passcode will be used to allow viewers 36 to join the session and to prevent unauthorized viewers from accessing the session multiple forms of session access control may be used and the invention is not limited to the use of any particular form of session access control during the session the display 34 will transmit updates of the display screen information to the server s arrow b which will then be made available to the viewers 36 over the session the same server may be used to perform session.