Patent ID: 8438234

Claim:
A method comprising: creating a content channel configured to integrate multiple content portions of different types and define arrangement of the multiple content portions one to another, the content channel authored as a page that contains the multiple content portions and is distributable as an electronic message to designated recipients; forming the electronic message including the content channel for communication to the designated recipients; and distributing the electronic message including the content channel to the designated recipients such that the content channel appears as an item within messaging inboxes of the designated recipients with a visual indicator to identify the item as a content channel, the electronic message having data sufficient to enable client devices used by the designated recipients to receive the electronic message to: ascertain that the electronic message includes the content channel; render the multiple content portions as arranged by the content channel in a message display portion of a respective messaging user interface; and automatically obtain updates made to one or more of the multiple content portions of the content channel.