Methods and systems to display a video in an email

• US 9,083,665 B2
• Filed: 10/30/2013
• Issued: 07/14/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 12/07/2007
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Vidiense Technology Pty Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Vidiense Technology Pty Ltd.
• Inventors: Naftali-Menajed, Clemente
• Primary Examiner(s): KATSIKIS, KOSTAS J
• Application Number:
  US14/067,525
• Publication Number:
  US 20140059149A1
• Time in Patent Office: 622 Days
• Field of Search: 709/206
• 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

Methods and systems are disclosed for displaying a first video in an html compliant email on a computerized device. The method may comprise defining a predetermined number of frames to be included in the first video and creating at least one first video file comprising the frames. In embodiments, the frames may be ordered in a selected sequence. The method may also comprise storing the first video file on a server and embedding a link in an html code of the email to automatically call the first video file from the server and to display the video frames of the first video file in an email page of the email when the email is opened or otherwise viewed.

Claims

1. A method to display video content on a computerized device, the method comprising:

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

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

storing said first video file on a server;

embedding a link in a code of an email to call said first video file from said server and to display said video frames of said first video file when said email is opened or otherwise viewed and without executing a local video player; and

analyzing a bandwidth associated with said computerized device to provide a second video file feed to said computerized device with minimal delay.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

providing a landing web page comprising said second video file, said landing web page being opened when a user clicks on an 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:

providing a landing page comprising said second video file, wherein said second video file begins to be downloaded when said email is opened or viewed.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

providing a landing page comprising a second video file 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:

determining a number of times said sequence of said frames will be displayed.

7. The method of claim 6, further comprising:

implementing said code to create a loop for the display of said first video file according to said number of times.

8. A system to display video content on a computerized device, the system comprising:

a server comprising a processor and a storage device, said server configured to store;

(i) a first video file, the first video file comprising a predetermined number of frames, all of said frames ordered in a particular sequence;

(ii) an email in which a link is embedded in a code of said email to call said first video file and to display said video frames of said first video file when said email is transmitted to said computerized device and opened or otherwise viewed on said computerized device and without executing a local video player; and

(iii) instructions to analyze a bandwidth associated with said computerized device to provide a second video file feed to said computerized device with minimal delay.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein said first video file is displayed a predetermined number of times by creating a loop in said code of said email.

10. The system of claim 8, further comprising a landing page comprising said second video file, said landing page being opened when a user clicks on said email.

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 8, further comprising a landing page comprising a second video file, wherein said second video file of said second video file begins to be downloaded when said email is opened or viewed.

13. The system of claim 8, further comprising a landing page comprising a second video file which is automatically opened when said all of video frames of said first video file have been displayed.