Patent ID: 7624149

Claim:
A method comprising: receiving an input during an instant messaging session indicating a selection of at least one of a plurality of audio items from an audio menu, wherein the plurality of audio items are taken from a content item, wherein the input is provided through interaction with at least one of a plurality of audio representations displayed in the audio menu, wherein each said audio representation corresponds to a respective said audio item, and wherein the audio menu arranges the plurality of audio representations for display in a first window that receives the input and that is separate from a second window that is utilized to display text messages during the instant messaging session; and causing an output of the selected audio item by one or more of a plurality of computing devices that participates in the instant messaging session, wherein the input specifies the plurality of computing devices that participates in the instant messaging session such that the output of the selected audio item is: caused for a sender selected subset of the plurality of computing devices that participates in the instant messaging session; and not caused for a separate sender selected subset of at least one other computing device that participates in the instant messaging session.