Managing and collaborating with digital content

Abstract

A universal digital content system provides a dynamic user interface having a viewing area, an action menu area, and an organizing area. A user can create, organize, send, receive, access, collaborate with and otherwise manage digital content through a single user interface. The universal digital content system provides multiple ways of viewing and organizing all of the digital content accessible through the dynamic user interface. In addition, a user can create a collaboration session with one or more contacts using one or more digital content files.

1 . A system comprising:
 a computer configured to display a user interface, the user interface being configured to:
 display a collaboration in a first window; 
 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;   receive second user input indicating that the selected first text should be added to the collaboration displayed in the first window;   in response to receiving the second user input indicating that the selected first text should be added to the collaboration displayed in the first window:
 add, to the collaboration displayed in 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 collaboration displayed in the first window; and   in response to receiving the fourth user input indicating that the selected second text should be added to the collaboration displayed in the first window:
 add, to the collaboration displayed in the first window, a second user-selectable link including the selected second text from the instant message. 
   
     
     
         2 .- 21 . (canceled)