Patent ID: 8195718

Claim:
A method for content aggregation in an instant messaging system, the method comprising: locating content of a specified type in an instant messaging log of the instant messaging system, wherein the specified type comprises a uniform resource locator (URL); organizing the located content of the specified type by a parameter, wherein the parameter includes one of sender and date received; displaying the organized content of the specified type; performing an action regarding a selected piece of the displayed content of the specified type, wherein the action comprises one of exporting, saving, uploading, tagging, and forwarding the piece of the displayed content; locating second content of a second specified type in the instant messaging log, wherein the second specified type includes one of Lotus Notes database URLs, web conference URLs, web conference passwords, phone numbers, audio conferences, audio conference passcodes, images, audio files, video files, and shared folders; organizing the second located content of the second specified type by a parameter, wherein the parameter includes one of sender and date received; displaying the organized second content of the second specified type; and performing an action regarding a selected piece of the displayed content of the second specified type, wherein the action comprises one of exporting, saving, uploading, tagging, and forwarding the piece of the displayed content of the second specified type.