EMAIL COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SUPPORTING REAL-TIME COMMUNICATION OF TIME-BASED MEDIA
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1. An email communication method, comprising:
- obtaining an email address of a recipient as soon as the email address is defined;
discovering at least a partial delivery route over a communication network using the defined email address of the recipient as soon as the email address of the recipient is obtained; and
progressively transmitting available time-based media to the recipient as soon as the at least a portion of the complete delivery route over the communication network is discovered using the email address of the recipient.
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Abstract
A system and method for using email addresses, email clients and the existing DNS and email infrastructure for the real-time communication of time-based media.
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1. An email communication method, comprising:
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obtaining an email address of a recipient as soon as the email address is defined; discovering at least a partial delivery route over a communication network using the defined email address of the recipient as soon as the email address of the recipient is obtained; and progressively transmitting available time-based media to the recipient as soon as the at least a portion of the complete delivery route over the communication network is discovered using the email address of the recipient. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. An email client, comprising:
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an email address element configured to obtain an email address of a recipient as soon as the email address is defined so that the process of discovering a delivery route to the recipient over a communication network may begin as soon as the email address is defined; and a transmit element configured to progressively transmit available time-based media to the recipient as soon as at least a portion of the complete delivery route over the communication network is discovered. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40)
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