SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR A VIDEO EMAILING SERVICE
First Claim
1. A system for providing a video emailing service, the system comprising:
- a video server operative to receive and store a video from a video creation interface associated with a sender computer; and
a messaging server communicatively coupled to the video server and operative to receive message contents from a message creation interface associated with the sender computer, the messaging server being further operative to create a video email that comprises the message contents and a video image file having a link associated therewith that is operative to pass information to the video server, the messaging server being further operative to send the video email to a recipient computer.
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Abstract
Systems and methods for creating, transmitting and receiving a video email. A user records a video for incorporation into a video email. The user logs into a video server and uses a video creation interface to record a video and define an email message in which to embed the video. The video may be stored on the video server and the message contents are passed to a messaging server. The messaging server downloads one or more frames of the recorded video and creates a still image using the one or more frames. The messaging server embeds the image into an email and includes the message contents to create a video email. The messaging server sends the video email to a recipient. The recipient receives the email and clicks on the one or more images. The recipient'"'"'s computer launches a web browser that automatically plays the video from the video server.
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20 Claims
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1. A system for providing a video emailing service, the system comprising:
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a video server operative to receive and store a video from a video creation interface associated with a sender computer; and a messaging server communicatively coupled to the video server and operative to receive message contents from a message creation interface associated with the sender computer, the messaging server being further operative to create a video email that comprises the message contents and a video image file having a link associated therewith that is operative to pass information to the video server, the messaging server being further operative to send the video email to a recipient computer. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A method for creating a video email, comprising:
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receiving message content from a sender computer; receiving a unique identifier from the sender computer, the unique identifier being associated with a video created by a user of the sender computer; receiving a frame of the video; creating a video image file using the frame of the video; embedding the video image file and the message content into a message body; and creating a link associated with the video image file that, when activated by a recipient of the video email, is operative to initiate playback of the video on a computer of the recipient. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A method for creating a video email:
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creating a video using a video creation interface; creating message content associated with the video using a message creation interface; inputting a recipient to whom the video email is to be sent; and providing a request to a video emailing service to create the video email and send the video email to the recipient. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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