Patent ID: 8307041

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 processor, providing a multi-application follow-up mechanism by detecting that a user has set a follow-up flag on a message within a first communication application, associating, responsive to said detecting that said user has set said follow-up flag on said message, said flagged message with another user, such that said flagged message is available to a second communication application, wherein said associating said flagged message with said other user includes adding an indication of said message to an entry associated with said other user contained in a list of other users with whom flagged messages are associated, detecting a communication session with said other user provided through said second communication application, displaying, responsive to said detecting said communication session with said other user provided through said second communication application and said entry for said other user contained in said list of other users with whom flagged messages are associated, an indication of said flagged message, wherein said displaying said indication of said flagged messages includes displaying at least a portion of said flagged message, detecting termination of said communication session provided by said second communication application, and displaying, responsive to said detecting of said termination of said communication session provided by said second communication application, a user interface object enabling said user to remove said follow-up flag from said flagged message.