Integrated contact card communication

A method comprising:

• providing contact information for display in a portion of a user interface of a computing device, said contact information being associated with a contact, said contact information including one or more transport modes;
• based on the provided contact information, providing an input field for display within the portion of the user interface;
• receiving, into the input field, data from a user for communication to the contact;
• and
• sending, by the computing device, the data received into the input field to the contact via at least one of the transport modes.

One or more computer-readable storage media embodying computer-executable components, said components comprising:

• a contact panel component that when executed causes at least one processor to display contact information in a contact panel of a user interface of a computing device, said contact information being associated with a contact, said contact information including a conversation history and one or more transport modes;
• a user interface component that when executed causes at least one processor to receive a request from a user to communicate with the contact via at least one of the transport modes, said at least one of the transport modes being selected by the user based at least in part on the conversation history displayed in the contact panel of the user interface,
• wherein the contact panel component provides, based on the received request, an input panel within the displayed contact panel,
• wherein the user interface component receives, into the input panel provided by the contact panel component, data from the user for communication to the contact;
• and
• a communications interface component that when executed causes at least one processor to send the data received into the input panel to the contact via said at least one of the transport modes.