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1. A method comprising:
- receiving at least one short video message associated with a video message conversation from at least one participant in the video message conversation;
generating a representation of the video message conversation based, at least in part, on the at least one short video message, the representation generated based on a viewing status associated with the video message conversation indicating that the video message conversation has unviewed content, and the representation being generated as a video clip composed of multiple frames from the at least one short video message;
displaying the representation of the video message conversation; and
visually annotating the representation of the video message conversation based, at least in part, on the viewing status associated with the video message conversation.
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Abstract
Various embodiments enable a video messaging experience which permits the exchange of short video messages in an asynchronous manner. The video messaging experience preserves the video intimacy and experience of synchronous-type video communications, while at the same time provides the convenience of SMS-type message exchange.
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1. A method comprising:
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receiving at least one short video message associated with a video message conversation from at least one participant in the video message conversation; generating a representation of the video message conversation based, at least in part, on the at least one short video message, the representation generated based on a viewing status associated with the video message conversation indicating that the video message conversation has unviewed content, and the representation being generated as a video clip composed of multiple frames from the at least one short video message; displaying the representation of the video message conversation; and visually annotating the representation of the video message conversation based, at least in part, on the viewing status associated with the video message conversation. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. One or more computer readable storage media embodying computer readable instructions which, when executed, perform operations comprising:
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creating multiple video message conversations associated with a particular participant; generating a respective representation for each of the video message conversations, each respective representation being based, at least in part, on at least one respective viewing status of the respective video message conversation, said generating including; determining that a respective video message conversation of the multiple video conversations has unviewed content; and responsive to determining the respective video message conversation has unviewed content, generating a representation of the respective video message conversation as a video clip composed of multiple frames from the unviewed content; displaying a summary view of the multiple video messages conversations which includes at least some of the respective representations; and visually annotating each displayed representation based, at least in part, on one or more additional respective statuses associated with the respective video message conversation. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A computing device comprising:
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one or more processors; one or more computer-readable storage media embodying executable instructions which, responsive to execution by the one or more processors, perform operations comprising; creating multiple video message conversations associated with a particular participant; generating a respective representation of each video message conversation in the multiple video message conversations, a representation for a particular video message conversation generated based on a viewing status associated with the particular video message conversation indicating that the particular video message conversation has unviewed content, and the representation being generated as a video clip composed of multiple frames from the unviewed content; displaying at least some of the respective representations; and superimposing an annotation over each displayed respective representation to convey at least one status associated with the particular video message conversation. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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