Patent ID: 7751802

Claim:
A method, performed between a sending computer terminal and a recipient computer terminal, of obtaining a response to associated announcement files, the method comprising: associating, by an email program of the sending computer terminal, a first announcement file including an attribute of a tangible item with an email; associating, by the email program of the sending computer terminal, an interactive information file with the email; sending, by the email program of the sending computer over a network, the email with the associated announcement file and the associated interactive information file to a recipient; and receiving, by an email program of the recipient computer terminal over the network, the email with the associated announcement file and the associated interactive information file; the announcement file causing presentation, by the recipient computer terminal, of the attribute of the tangible item to the recipient upon receipt of the email by the recipient; the interactive information file causing presentation, by the recipient computer terminal, of the interactive information file to the recipient upon receipt of the email by the recipient; wherein the tangible item is an album and the attribute is a picture of at least a front cover of the album; wherein the announcement file includes at least a portion of a song from the album, the announcement file being played upon receipt of the email with the associated announcement file and the associated interactive information file by the email program of the recipient computer terminal indicating to the recipient that the email with the associated announcement file and the associated interactive information file has arrived; wherein associating the interactive information file includes inserting the interactive information file as at least part of the email; wherein the interactive information file is a purchase order form for the tangible item.