Patent ID: 8713112

Claim:
A system comprising: a computer configured to display a user interface, the user interface being configured to: display a first window, wherein the first window is a collaboration window accessible to a plurality of users partaking in a collaboration session; display an email in a second window, the email including: a header; and a body; display an instant message in a third window; receive first user input selecting first text of the body of the email displayed in the second window, the first user input being provided by at least one of the plurality of users partaking in the collaboration session; receive second user input indicating that the selected first text should be added to the first window; in response to receiving the second user input indicating that the selected first text should be added to the first window: add, to the first window, a first user-selectable link including the selected first text from the body of the email; receive third user input selecting second text of the instant message displayed in the third window; receive fourth user input indicating that the selected second text should be added to the first window; in response to receiving the fourth user input indicating that the selected second text should be added to the first window: add to the first window, a second user-selectable link including the selected second text from the instant message; receive, in the first window, fifth user input selecting the first user-selectable link including the first text from the body of the email, the fifth user input being provided by at least one of the plurality of users partaking in the collaboration session and by a user who is different from the at least one user who provided the first user input; and in response to receiving the fifth user input that selected the first user-selectable link including the first text from the body of the email: shift focus in the user interface from the first window to the second window in which the email is displayed; and within the second window in which the email is displayed, move to the location of the first text within the body of the email, such that the first text of the body of the email may be seen in context with additional adjacent text of the body of the email.