Methods and Systems to Display a Video in an Email

• US 20150341293A1
• Filed: 06/11/2015
• Published: 11/26/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 12/07/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Vidiense Technology Pty Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Vidiense Technology Pty Ltd.
• Inventors: Naftali-Menajed, Clemente
• Granted Patent: US 10,270,722 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/7867 using information manually generated, e.g. tags, keywords, comments, title and artist information, manually generated time, location and usage information, user ratings
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/00 User-to-user messaging in packet-switching networks, transmitted according to store-and-forward or real-time protocols, e.g. e-mail
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/08 Annexed information, e.g. attachments
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/10 Multimedia information
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/216 Handling conversation history, e.g. grouping of messages in sessions or threads
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/56 Unified messaging, e.g. interactions between e-mail, instant messaging or converged IP messaging [CPM]

Abstract

The present invention provides a method and a system to display a video in an email without the need to execute a player on the computerized device. The video email allows video to be displayed in emails without flagging the emails as a virus or spam. The video emails get through most firewalls.

Claims

1. A method to display a first video in an html compliant email on a computerized device without the need to execute a video player on said device, comprising:

a. defining a predetermined number of video frames to be included in said first video;

b. creating a first video file containing all of said frames in a particular sequence;

c. storing said first video file on a server;

d. embedding a hot link in the html code of said email to call said first video file and to sequently display said video frames when said email is opened or otherwise viewed.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising the step of providing a landing web page comprising a second video file, said landing page being opened when a user clicks on said email page.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein said second video file is stored on a server and said second video file is streamed onto said landing page.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising the step of providing a landing page comprising a second video, wherein said second video file of said second video begins to be downloaded when said email is opened or viewed.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising the step of providing a landing page comprising a second video which is automatically opened when said all of video frames of said first video have been displayed.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising the step of determining the number of time said sequence of said frames will be displayed.

7. The method of claim 6, further comprising the step of implementing said html code to create a loop for the display of said first video file according to said number of time.

8. The method of claim 2, further comprising the step of providing a process residing on said server, said process including instructions to test the bandwidth of said computerized device to provide the optimum bit stream of said computerized device for the display of said second video, utilizing maximum available bandwidth.

9. A system to display a first video in an html compliant email on a computerized device without the need to execute a video player on said device, comprising:

a. a first video file comprising a predetermined number of frames, all of said frames ordered in a particular sequence;

b. a server to store said first video file;

c. an email in which a hot link is embedded the html code of said email to call said first video file and to sequently display said video frames when said email is opened or otherwise viewed on said computerized device.

10. The system of claim 9, further comprising a landing page comprising a second video, said landing page being opened when a user clicks on said email page.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein said second video file is stored on a server and said second video file is streamed onto said landing page.

12. The system of claim 9, further comprising a landing page comprising a second video, wherein said second video file of said second video begins to be downloaded when said email is opened or viewed.

13. The system of claim 9, further comprising a landing page comprising a second video which is automatically opened when said all of video frames of said first video have been displayed.

14. The system of claim 9, wherein said first video is displayed a predetermined number of times by creating a loop in said html code of said email.

15. The system of claim 10, further comprising the step of providing a process residing on said server, said process including instructions to test the bandwidth of said computerized device to provide the optimum bit stream of said computerized device for the display of said second video, utilizing maximum available bandwidth.

16. An html compliant email residing on an individual computerized device, said email displaying a first video without the need to execute a video player on said device, comprising:

a. a hot link in the code of said email, said hot link calling a first video file composed by a plurality of frames, said frames being sequently displayed when said email is opened or otherwise viewed.

17. The email of claim 16, wherein said first video is displayed a predetermined number of times by creating a loop in said html code of said email.