Patent ID: 8635299

Claim:
A system comprising: at least one processor and at least one computer readable memory, said computer readable memory having stored thereon program code for, when executed on said at least one processor, providing multi-application follow-up, by detecting that a user has set a follow-up flag on an electronic mail message contained in an electronic mail mailbox provided for said user by an electronic mail application, associating, responsive to said detecting that said user has set said follow-up flag on said electronic mail message, said flagged electronic mail message with an entry associated with another user contained in a list of other users with whom flagged electronic mail messages are associated, detecting an instant messaging session including said user and said other user, in response to detecting said instant messaging session, searching said list of other users with whom flagged electronic mail messages are associated to determine whether any flagged electronic mail messages are associated with other users in said instant messaging session, and in response to detecting said instant messaging session including said user and said other user and to finding said association of said flagged electronic mail message with said entry associated with said other user contained in said list of other users with whom flagged electronic mail messages are associated, displaying at least a portion of said flagged electronic mail message to said user during said instant messaging session.