Patent ID: 8601054

Claim:
A method for selectively sending electronic communications, the method comprising: receiving, by at least one computer system having at least one processor coupled to memory, a first message at a beginning of an electronic messaging conversation between first and second members of a project, the first message comprising a subject, text, and being from the first member of the project and addressed to the second member of the project; transmitting, by the at least one computer system, the first message to the second member; broadcasting, by the at least one computer system, a notification to other project members of the beginning of the electronic messaging conversation; receiving, by the at least one computer system and subsequent to the broadcasting, a listen request from a third party member of the project that is not already part of the electronic messaging conversation, the listen request being a request to listen in on the electronic messaging conversation; sending, by the at least one computer system in response to the receiving of the listen request, to the third party member of the project an archived copy of the first message; and sending, by the at least one computer system, to the third party member of the project, an archived copy of a second message of the electronic messaging conversation, wherein the second message is subsequent to the first message in the electronic messaging conversation.