Patent ID: 7814148

Claim:
An appliance comprising: a memory to store a plurality of digital media files, and further to store program instructions; a processor coupled to the memory to execute ones of the program instructions, a display coupled to the processor to display one or more of the plurality of digital media files, and further to display at least one menu of potential digital media file destinations, in accordance with ones of the program instructions; a selection element to receive a user request to transfer one of the digital media files to at least one specified processor-based device, in accordance with ones of the program instructions; and a communications element to transmit the digital media file along with destination information to the at least one specified processor-based device, wherein ones of the program instructions, when executed, enable the processor to receive the user request to transfer the digital media file from the processor to the at least one specified processor-based device, to provide a graphical user interface to detect the presence of a thumbnail corresponding to the digital media file hovering over a first desktop icon of a desktop of the display and, in response to the presence of the thumbnail, to display a first menu to indicate a first plurality of potential digital media file destinations without requiring a user selection of a destination, to detect the presence of the thumbnail hovering over a second desktop icon of the desktop, to display a second menu to indicate a second plurality of potential digital media file destinations, and in response to receiving selection of a destination, to transfer the digital media file to the selected destination.