Patent ID: 7953798
Filing Date: 2011-05-31
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A method of displaying a sequence for sharing digital data items with a set of recipients using a terminal that includes a digital camera and that uses at least two communication modes, the method comprising the steps of: obtaining a first list associated with a first communication mode, the first list identifying a first set of one or more recipients corresponding to one or more user entities communicating with the terminal according to the first communication mode via one or more electronic mail messages or one or more Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS) type of messages; obtaining a second list associated with a second communication mode, the second list identifying a second set of one or more recipients corresponding to one or more apparatus entities communicating wirelessly with the terminal according to the second communication mode, the first list not being the second list, and the first communication mode being different from the second communication mode; displaying at least one first representation of the first set of one or more recipients identified by the first list and at least one second representation of the second set of one or more recipients identified by the second list, merged on a same displaying area of the terminal, thereby generating a merged set of representations; selecting a selection of at least one representation from the merged set of representations; determining at least one selected recipient based on the selection; determining whether each of the at least one selected recipient is identified by the first list, or is identified by the second list; determining at least one communication mode to be used to transmit a data item to the at least one selected recipient, wherein the first communication mode is determined to be a communication mode to be used to transmit the data item to each of the at least one selected recipient determined to be identified by the first list, and the second communication mode is determined to be a communication mode to be used to transmit the data item to each of the at least one selected recipient determined to be identified by the second list; and sending the data item to the at least one selected recipient according to the at least one communication mode determined by the determining, wherein at least one of the steps above is performed, at least in part, by a computer processor.