System and method for recording a photo chat session
First Claim
1. A method of recording a photo chat session including communications between a first user and a second user who are viewing a plurality of images, the method comprising:
- recording information defining the photo chat session during the photo chat session;
receiving a request to save the photo chat session; and
generating a chat history comprising a plurality of slideshows, wherein each one of the plurality of slideshows corresponds to a different one of the plurality of images, each of the plurality of slideshows comprising a sequence of slides wherein each slide in the sequence comprises the corresponding one of the plurality of images and a successive portion of the communications that occurred when the corresponding one of the plurality of images was viewed by the first user and the second user.
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Abstract
A system and method for recording a photo chat session are provided. In one embodiment, an online photo album is hosted by a peer node in a peer-to-peer (P2P) photosharing system, and a photo chat session is established between an owner at the peer node and a guest viewing the online photo album at a guest node. At the end of the photo chat session, either the owner or the guest requests that the photo chat session be saved. In response, the peer node generates a chat history including a slideshow for each shared image recreating a portion of the photo chat session related to the shared image. In another embodiment, an online photo album is hosted by a central node in a centrally hosted photosharing system, wherein the central node generates the chat history in response to a request from either the owner or the guest.
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1. A method of recording a photo chat session including communications between a first user and a second user who are viewing a plurality of images, the method comprising:
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recording information defining the photo chat session during the photo chat session; receiving a request to save the photo chat session; and generating a chat history comprising a plurality of slideshows, wherein each one of the plurality of slideshows corresponds to a different one of the plurality of images, each of the plurality of slideshows comprising a sequence of slides wherein each slide in the sequence comprises the corresponding one of the plurality of images and a successive portion of the communications that occurred when the corresponding one of the plurality of images was viewed by the first user and the second user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 27, 30, 31)
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15. A system comprising:
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a) a communication interface coupled to a network for communicating with a guest node; b) a storage unit adapted to store an online photo album; and c) a control system adapted to; i) establish a photo chat session between an owner associated with the online photo album and a guest viewing a plurality of images from the online photo album at the guest node; ii) record information defining the photo chat session during the photo chat session; iii) receive a request to save the photo chat session from one of the owner and the guest; and iv) generate a chat history comprising a plurality of slideshows, wherein each one of the plurality of slideshows corresponds to a different one of the plurality of images, each of the plurality of slideshows comprising a sequence of slides wherein each slide in the sequence comprises the corresponding one of the plurality of images and a successive portion of communications that occurred when the corresponding one of the plurality of images was viewed by the owner and the guest. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 28, 29)
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