Abstract: A system and method provides messages received from a program to a user in an area used for displaying messages from multiple programs. The message may be received with an indication that the user is to be notified upon receipt of the message, however the user can disable or enable such notifications.

Abstract: Systems and methods communicate data selected from one program to another program or component of another program. A system can receive an identifier of at least one type of data each of a plurality of programs can receive. The system can store the identifiers and can receive a data selection command relative to one of the plurality of programs via a user interface. The system can also receive, in response to the obtained data selection command, data associated with the data selection command and an identifier of the type of the data associated with the data selection command. The system can also identify at least one other program in the plurality of programs whose identifier matches the identifier of the type of data received, and can provide, based on input, the data received to at least one of the at least one other program in the plurality of programs identified.