Patent ID: 8209385

Claim:
A user terminal connected to a communication network and executing a communication client, comprising: the client having an instant messaging interface configured to facilitate handling voice over internet protocol (VoIP) communications using the communication network; the client configured to display, at the VoIP instant messaging interface, a list of contacts associated with a user of said client; the client configured to facilitate VoIP communication via the VoIP instant messaging interface with one or more of said contacts displayed in said list of contacts; the client configured to retrieve a message from said communication network, wherein said message is related to a further user represented by one of said contacts displayed in said list of contacts, said message comprising a reference to media stored in a computer readable storage accessible by said communication network; the client configured to extract said reference from said message; the VoIP instant messaging interface configured to display a visual representation of said media in association with said one of said contacts in response to a selection of said one of said contacts from the list of contacts, the visual representation having a reduced file size as compared with said media, where the visual representation includes a media object which defines an address where the media is stored, such that, responsive to the user actuating said visual representation in connection with the VoIP instant messaging interface, the client establishes communication with said storage using said reference, and displays the media to said user; and a media player executed under the control of said client, where said media is displayed to said user using said media player, said media being displayed at the location of said visual representation.