Patent ID: 8326361

Claim:
An information management system for sharing content over a network, the information management system comprising: a first mobile communication device having a first application module, the first mobile communication device operating with the network and in communication with a second mobile communication device having a second application module; a first operating system residing on the first mobile communication device configured to detect a communication event relating to a communication between the first mobile communication device and the second mobile communication device; and a file storage area module residing on the first mobile communication device that includes at least one content file associated with a first user, wherein the first application module is configured to: cause, in response to the detection of the communication event, a prompt to be provided to the first user of the first mobile communication device that requests permission to send a selected content file of the at least one content file associated with the first user to the second mobile communication device, the prompt further requests the first user to select one or more of the at least one content files to share, wherein the permission is requested after the occurrence of the communication event; and retrieve the selected content file associated with the first user from the content file storage area; cause the sending of the retrieved content file associated with the first user of the first mobile communication device to the second mobile communication device via the network after permission is granted by the first user to send the content file.