Patent ID: 8156189

Claim:
A computer system for providing email to a group of users, the computer system comprising: a group of email servers configured to: cause a message composition and display screen of a user interface to be rendered at a first client computer; cause a gallery of applications to be displayed adjacent the message composition screen, the gallery of applications comprising a plurality of applications that may be sent as attachments to a message; receive an application attachment selection input selected from the gallery at the first client computer; and cause the selected application attachment to be transmitted by the email servers to a second client computer; wherein the transmitted application attachment when received causes the second client computer to display at least one gallery application adjacent to a message composition and display screen of a user interface of the second client computer; and wherein the email servers are further configured to maintain a repository of approved applications, to cause approved applications to be displayed in the gallery at the first client computer, and to cause approved applications selected by users at the first client computer to be displayed in the gallery at the second client computer.