| US 7,617,220 B2 | ||
| Sharing access to content items using group information and item information | ||
| Matthew William Crowley, Los Altos, Calif. (US); and Robert Yuji Haitani, Menlo Park, Calif. (US) | ||
| Assigned to Palm, Inc., Sunnyvale, Calif. (US) | ||
| Filed on Dec. 21, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/614,912. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2008/0154903 A1, Jun. 26, 2008 | ||
| Int. Cl. G06F 17/30 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 707—10 | 15 Claims |
| 1. A method for configuring sharing of content items, the method comprising:
generating, by a processor, group information indicating members of one or more user-created groups responsive to receiving
a first user input defining the one or more groups, each group including one or more members;
associating item information of a content item with at least one selected group of the one or more groups responsive to receiving
a second user input indicating that the content item is to be shared with members of the at least one selected group, the
item information representing a source of the content item from which the content item can be retrieved; and
sending the item information of the content item to the members of the at least one selected group according to the group
information without receiving additional user inputs to allow the members of the selected group to access the content item,
responsive to associating the item information with the selected group.
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