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Video e-mail system and associated method

  • US 20030122922A1
  • Filed: 11/21/2002
  • Published: 07/03/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/26/2001
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A computer network-based video email system comprising:

  • (a) a sender'"'"'s remote computer operatively coupled to a global computer network, the sender'"'"'s remote computer including a display screen, at least one manual i/o device, a video camera, at least one of (i) a browser application and (ii) a dedicated electronic messaging application installed thereon, and a camera control application installed thereon;

    (b) a recipient'"'"'s remote computer operatively coupled to the global computer network, the recipient'"'"'s remote computer including a display screen, at least one manual i/o device, and at least one of (i) a browser application and (ii) a dedicated electronic application installed thereon;

    (c) an electronic message server operatively coupled to the global computer network, including composing screen code downloadable by the sender'"'"'s remote computer and compatible with the browser or dedicated electronic messaging application installed on the sender'"'"'s remote computer, the composing screen code being configured to provide, (i) electronic-message composition graphical interface elements, enabling the sender to compose an electronic message using the browser or dedicated electronic messaging application, (ii) video recording graphical interface elements enabling the sender to direct and monitor the recording of media on the sender'"'"'s computer, and (iii) functional interface elements providing a functional interface between at least the video recording graphical interface elements and the camera control application installed on the sender'"'"'s remote computer; and

    (d) a video server operatively coupled to the global computer network adapted to stream media to the recipient'"'"'s remote computer;

    (e) wherein the camera control software is configured to (i) record media onto the sender'"'"'s remote computer, (ii) communicate with the video server to upload the recorded media to the video server, (iii) to obtain or define an identity of the uploaded media, and (iv) to interface with the functional interface elements of the composing screen code for inserting an address to the video server along with the identity of the uploaded media into the composed electronic message.

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