Patent ID: 8358746

Claim:
A method for sharing content over a voice telephony network, comprising: establishing a first audio communication session using the voice telephony network, wherein the first audio communication session places a first communication endpoint at a first location in audio communication with at least a second communication endpoint at a second location, wherein the first audio communication session is the only active communication channel between the first and second communication endpoints, and wherein the second communication endpoint is not required to support the output of content in a format other than an audible format; displaying a graphical representation of the first audio communication session established using the voice telephony network at the first communication endpoint; determining a need to share content, wherein the content is available as a computer file; associating, in response to input from a user of the first communication endpoint, the computer file with the first audio communication session, wherein the input from the user includes using an input device to drag a representation of the computer file to a graphical representation of the established first audio communication session; producing an audible output from the computer file; playing the audible output from the computer file into the first audio communication session established using the voice telephony network, wherein the audible output from the computer file is provided to at least the second communication endpoint as part of the first audio communication session established using the voice telephony network.