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Strategies for sending content to a target device

  • US 7,453,868 B2
  • Filed: 12/30/2005
  • Issued: 11/18/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/30/2005
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of sending content to a target address, comprising:

  • receiving at least one parameter identifying at least one of a plurality of content sources, the content sources comprising;

    an application, and a function of an application from which a user is invoking content-forwarding functionality;

    customizing the content-forwarding functionality based on said at least one parameter, to provide content-forwarding functionality customized to the application or application function from which the user interface is invoked; and

    providing the customized content-forwarding functionality to the user, wherein the customized content-forwarding functionality allows the user to forward content to the target address from a plurality of applications;

    invoking the content-forwarding user interface by activating a content-forwarding icon displayed in a base user interface presentation, wherein;

    the base user interface presentation is administered by a base user-interface provider (BUIP),the customized content-forwarding is administered by a content-forwarding user-interface provider (CFUIP);

    the content-forwarding icon is associated with an identified information item in the base user interface presentation that the user intends to forward to the target address; and

    the customized content-forwarding functionality comprises at least one content-forwarding user interface presentation with which the user interacts to forward the identified information item to the target address.

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