DEVICE, SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATION UTILIZING AUDIOVISUAL CLIPS

• US 20080222687A1
• Filed: 03/06/2008
• Published: 09/11/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 03/09/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: My Hollywood Ltd.
• Original Assignee: My Hollywood Ltd.
• Inventors: EDRY, ILLI
• Application Number:
  US12/043,170
• Publication Number:
  US 20080222687A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 725/105
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/1813 for computer conferences, e.g. chat rooms instant messaging H04L51/04; protocols for multimedia communication H04L65/1101; arrangements for multi-party communication H04L65/403; telephonic conference arrangements H04M3/56; television conference systems H04N7/15
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/04 Real-time or near real-time messaging, e.g. instant messaging [IM]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/612 for unicast

Abstract

Device, system, and method of electronic communication utilizing audiovisual clips. For example, a method of electronic communication utilizing audiovisual clips includes: receiving an identifier of a remotely-stored audiovisual clip through an electronic communication channel associated with an electronic messaging application; and automatically playing the remotely-stored audiovisual clip inside the electronic messaging application.

Claims

1. A method of electronic communication utilizing audiovisual clips, the method comprising:

receiving an identifier of a remotely-stored audiovisual clip through an electronic communication channel associated with an electronic messaging application; and

automatically playing the remotely-stored audiovisual clip inside the electronic messaging application.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the playing comprises:

automatically playing the audiovisual clip independent of substantially any input of a user of the electronic messaging application.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the displaying comprises:

displaying the audiovisual clip substantially at a position intended for displaying received electronic messaging text.

4. The method of claim 3, comprising:

upon termination of the playing of the audiovisual clip, displaying in said position a thumbnail representing the audiovisual clip.

5. The method of claim 3, comprising:

upon termination of the playing of the audiovisual clip, replacing the audiovisual clip with a hyperlink to a Web-page capable of replaying the audiovisual clip.

6. The method of claim 2, comprising:

displaying in the electronic messaging application, in proximity to said position, a textual representation corresponding to a content of the audiovisual clip.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the playing comprises:

playing a streamed version of the remotely-stored audiovisual clip.

8. The method of claim 1, comprising:

substantially continuously monitoring incoming electronic messaging traffic to detect the identifier of the remotely-stored audiovisual clip.

9. The method of claim 1, comprising:

substantially continuously monitoring electronic messaging traffic; and

based on a contextual analysis of electronic messaging traffic, displaying a recommendation to send one or more audiovisual clips.

10. A system for electronic communication utilizing audiovisual clips, the system comprising:

a server associated with a first device,

wherein the first device comprises an electronic messaging application able to create an electronic messaging conversation channel with a second device,

wherein the server comprises;

a clip repository to store a plurality of audiovisual clips; and

a streamer module to receive from the first device an identifier of an audiovisual clip selected by a user of the first device through an interface associated with said electronic messaging application, to send the identifier to the second device, an to automatically stream the selected audiovisual clip to the second device.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein the server comprises:

a search module to search the clip repository for one or more audiovisual clips based on a search query received from the first device.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the audiovisual clips are associated with textual tags, and wherein the search module is to search for a match between the search query and one or more textual tags.

13. The system of claim 12, wherein the server comprises:

an advertising module to select an advertisement from an advertisement repository based on a title of said audiovisual clip, and to serve the advertisement to the first device.

14. The system of claim 12, wherein the server comprises:

an advertising module to select an advertisement from an advertisement repository based on a title of said audiovisual clip, and to serve the advertisement to the second device.

15. The system of claim 12, wherein the server comprises:

a usage tracking module to track a plurality of sending operations of said audiovisual clip by the first device, and to send to the first device an alert of over-usage of said audiovisual clip.

16. The system of claim 12, wherein the server comprises:

a usage tracking module to track sending operations by the first device, to determine a topic common to a plurality of audiovisual clips sent by the first device, and to send to the first device a recommendation to send another audiovisual clip associated with said topic.

17. The system of claim 12, wherein the usage tracking module is to determine that another audiovisual clip is an appropriate response to the audiovisual clip streamed to the second device, and to send to the second device a recommendation to send the other audiovisual clip to the first user.

18. The system of claim 12, wherein the server comprises:

a usage tracking module to monitor electronic messaging traffic, and, based on a contextual analysis of electronic messaging traffic, to send to the first device a recommendation to send one or more audiovisual clips.

19. A computer program product comprising a computer useable medium including a computer readable program, wherein the computer readable program when executed on a computer causes the computer to perform a method comprising:

receiving an identifier of a remotely-stored audiovisual clip through an electronic communication channel associated with an electronic messaging application; and

automatically playing the remotely-stored audiovisual clip inside the electronic messaging application.

20. The computer program product of claim 19, wherein the method comprises:

automatically playing the audiovisual clip independent of substantially any input of a user of the electronic messaging application.