Video messaging

• US 8,941,707 B2
• Filed: 12/01/2011
• Issued: 01/27/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 12/01/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: TangoMe Incorporated
• Original Assignee: TangoMe Incorporated
• Inventors: Setton, Eric, Odell, Jamie
• Primary Examiner(s): Ramakrishnaiah, Melur
• Application Number:
  US13/309,371
• Publication Number:
  US 20130141513A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,153 Days
• Field of Search: 348 1401- 1416
• US Class Current: 348/14.01
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/123 Shopping for digital content
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/127 Shopping or accessing services according to a time-limitation
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0641 Shopping interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/1818 Conference organisation arrangements, e.g. handling schedules, setting up parameters needed by nodes to attend a conference, booking network resources, notifying involved parties
• 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 51/10 Multimedia information
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72439 for image or video messaging
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/5315 where the non-audio components are still images or video still image mailbox systems H04N1/324, intermediate storage of video signals for videophones H04N7/147
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/567 Multimedia conference systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/14 Systems for two-way working H04N7/12, H04N7/173 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/147 Communication arrangements, e.g. identifying the communication as a video-communication, intermediate storage of the signals selecting H04Q
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/15 Conference systems

Abstract

A method for video messaging includes recording a video message, at a device, for a recipient; and selecting a contact as a recipient of the video message, at the device, without requiring typing at the device.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method for video messaging, said computer-implemented method comprising:

recording a video message, at a first device, for a recipient;

selecting a contact as a recipient of said video message, at said first device;

attempting to transmit said video message to said recipient;

starting, by said first device, a pre-determined time-out in response to said attempting to transmit said video message to said recipient; and

prompting, by said first device via a prompt displayed on a display screen of said first device, said user to generate a video message in response to an end of said predetermined time-out.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein said recording said video message occurs prior to said selecting said contact as said recipient.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein said selecting said contact of said video message occurs prior to said recording of said video message.