Patent ID: 7870215
Filing Date: 2011-01-11
Classification: G06Q,H04L

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method for sharing an electronic file with multiple different co-users, the method comprising: enabling access to a contacts list user interface that makes perceivable on-line identifiers and on-line presence information for co-users corresponding to at least some of those on-line identifiers; enabling a user to manipulate the contacts list interface to designate at least two on-line identifiers that appear in the contacts list as corresponding to co-users with whom an electronic file is to be shared; receiving, from the user and via manipulation of the contacts list interface, a designation of at least two on-line identifiers that appear in the contacts list as on-line identifiers that correspond to co-users with whom an electronic file is to be shared; in response to receiving the designation of the at least two on-line identifiers as corresponding to co-users with whom an electronic file is to be shared, causing an updating of the contacts list user interface to visually reflect the designation of the at least two on-line identifiers; while the contacts list user interface continues to visually reflect the designation of the at least two on-line identifiers, receiving, from the user, an indication of an electronic file that is to be shared with the co-users corresponding to the at least two designated on-line identifiers; in response to receiving the designation of the at least two on-line identifiers as corresponding to co-users with whom an electronic file is to be shared and receiving the indication of the electronic file that is to be shared: enabling the user to send the separate, automatically-generated electronic communications, including the electronic file that is to be shared, to the co-users corresponding to the at least two on-line identifiers designated by the user.