System, Methods and Apparatus for Video Communications
First Claim
1. A method of facilitating video-based communications comprising:
- providing a graphical user interface on a first electronic device, wherein the graphical user interface comprises a recipient section, and a video control interface;
streaming video from the first electronic device to a second electronic device on a network responsive to the video control interface and a video camera, the video camera being connected to the first electronic device;
storing the video on the second electronic device;
notifying a recipient that the video has been stored on the second electronic device; and
displaying the video on a third electronic device.
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Abstract
A computer software product, methods and apparatus for improved video communications are provided. In one embodiment, an apparatus is provided that is configured to send v-mail messages. The v-mail messages contain a video stream that is stored on a second device on a network. In one embodiment, the second device is configured to associate multiple video streams to a thread and allow users access to stored video content and associated files. This Abstract is provided for the sole purpose of complying with the Abstract requirement rules that allow a reader to quickly ascertain the subject matter of the disclosure contained herein. This Abstract is submitted with the explicit understanding that it will not be used to interpret or to limit the scope or the meaning of the claims.
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124 Claims
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1. A method of facilitating video-based communications comprising:
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providing a graphical user interface on a first electronic device, wherein the graphical user interface comprises a recipient section, and a video control interface; streaming video from the first electronic device to a second electronic device on a network responsive to the video control interface and a video camera, the video camera being connected to the first electronic device; storing the video on the second electronic device; notifying a recipient that the video has been stored on the second electronic device; and displaying the video on a third electronic device. - 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, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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32. An electronic device comprising:
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a processor; a memory; a video camera; a video display; and a storage media, the storage media comprising a set of executable instructions, the machine executable instructions comprising a configuration for controlling the electronic device to display a graphical user interface on the video display, wherein the graphical user interface comprises a recipient section and a video control interface, the executable instructions further comprising a configuration to stream video from the electronic device to a second electronic device on a network responsive to the video control interface and the video camera, the configuration further comprising a configuration to receive notification that a video has been stored on the second electronic device and display the stored video on the video display. - View Dependent Claims (33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62)
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63. An server device comprising
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a memory; and a storage media, the storage media comprising a set of executable instructions, the machine executable instructions comprising a configuration for controlling the server to receive a video stream and store the video stream on the storage media, the video stream originating from an electronic device on a network, the electronic device configured to display a graphical user interface on a video display, wherein the graphical user interface comprises a recipient section and a video control interface, electronic device being configured to stream video from server responsive to the video control interface and a video camera, the server being further configured to notify a recipient that the video has been stored on the server. - View Dependent Claims (64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91)
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92. A computer software product comprising
a physical storage media comprising a set of computer executable instructions, the instructions capable of configuring a computer to provide a graphical user interface on a first electronic device, wherein the graphical user interface comprises a recipient selection section, and a video control interface; -
stream video from the first electronic device to a second electronic device on a network responsive to the video control interface and a video camera, the video camera being connected to the first electronic device, wherein the video is stored on the second electronic device and a recipient is notified that the video has been stored; and displaying the video on a video display. - View Dependent Claims (93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124)
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