Patent ID: 7916322

Claim:
A computer-implemented method comprising: receiving a content message from a content upload device via a communications network, the content message comprising a content file and an identifier of a content upload device; automatically identifying a user identifier associated with the identifier of the content upload device; automatically storing the content file in a particular queue associated with the user identifier; automatically accessing a plurality of user preferences corresponding to the user identifier, each of the plurality of user preferences comprising an association of a content file type with an external content destination; automatically determining at least one external content destination from the plurality of user preferences based on a file type of the content file, wherein the file type of the content file is associated with the at least one external content destination in at least one of the plurality of user preferences; and automatically transmitting the content file to the at least one external content destination; wherein the automatically identifying, the automatically storing, the automatically accessing, the automatically determining, and the automatically transmitting are performed without user intervention.