Video distribution method and system
First Claim
1. A video distribution method comprising:
- receiving, from each of a plurality of first parties over a computer network, at least one video clip;
storing the received video clips at a central location;
receiving requests from a plurality of second parties over said computer network, said requests each identifying a respective one of said first parties and concomitantly the respective video clip uploaded by said one of said first parties for storage at said central location; and
transmitting, to each one of said second parties over said computer network, at least one video clip uploaded to said central location by a respective one of said first parties identified in the respective request from said one of said second parties.
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Abstract
In a video distribution system receiving, at least one video clip is received from each of a plurality of user parties over a computer network and the received video clips are stored at a central location in groups defined by the user parties. Requests received from a plurality of second, recipient parties over the computer network each identify a respective one of the user parties and a video clip uploaded by that one first party for storage at the central location. To each second party is transmitted at least one video clip uploaded to the central location by a respective user party identified in the respective request from that second party. The video distribution system contemplates a filtering process whereby the second parties are permitted only selective access to the entire video collection of any particular user. The video distribution system also provide a procedure for providing video clips to the second parties as components of a combined graphics and video transmission. A user party selects a graphic illustration and a video clip for cotransmission as a video greeting card. In response to a request from a given recipient party, the graphic illustration and the video clip are transmitted over the computer network to that given recipient party so that the selected graphic illustration and the selected video clip appear on the monitor of the recipient in temporal and spatial juxtaposition.
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68 Claims
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1. A video distribution method comprising:
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receiving, from each of a plurality of first parties over a computer network, at least one video clip;
storing the received video clips at a central location;
receiving requests from a plurality of second parties over said computer network, said requests each identifying a respective one of said first parties and concomitantly the respective video clip uploaded by said one of said first parties for storage at said central location; and
transmitting, to each one of said second parties over said computer network, at least one video clip uploaded to said central location by a respective one of said first parties identified in the respective request from said one of said second parties. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59)
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25. A video distribution method comprising:
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receiving a video clip from a first party over a computer network;
storing said video clip in a central location;
transmitting a graphic illustration over said computer network from said central location to a second party; and
transmitting said video clip also over said computer network from said central location to said second party so that said video clip is viewable by said second party on a computer monitor in temporal and spatial juxtaposition to said graphic illustration.
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38. A video distribution system comprising:
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a server computer linked to a computer network for receiving, from each of a plurality of first parties over said computer network, at least one video clip and for receiving requests from a plurality of second parties over said computer network, said requests each identifying a respective one of said first parties and concomitantly the respective video clip uploaded by said one of said first parties; and
a video database operatively connected to said server computer for storing the received video clips at a central location, said server computer including a transmission module operatively linked to said database and to said computer network for transmitting, to each one of said second parties over said computer network, at least one video clip stored in said database by a respective one of said first parties identified in the respective request from said one of said second parties.
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60. A video distribution system comprising:
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a server computer operatively coupled to a computer network for receiving a video clip from a first party over a computer network;
a video database operatively linked to said server computer for storing said video clip and a plurality of graphic illustrations;
said server computer including a video greeting card unit operatively linked to said video database and said computer network for transmitting a selected one of said graphic illustrations over said computer network from said central location to a second party and for transmitting said video clip also over said computer network to said second party so that said video clip is viewable by said second party on a computer monitor in temporal and spatial juxtaposition to said graphic illustration. - View Dependent Claims (61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68)
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