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Method and apparatus for the production, delivery, and receipt of audiovisual e-mail

  • US 8,595,261 B1
  • Filed: 11/27/2001
  • Issued: 11/26/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/21/1999
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for providing an audiovisual e-mail system comprising:

  • providing an e-mail application on a network to a sender;

    receiving a message and an audiovisual enhancement from the sender, wherein the audiovisual enhancement is associated with said message, and wherein said message is to be sent as an e-mail to at least one recipient on said network;

    associating said message with a programmable enhancement operative to automatically stream said audiovisual enhancement, at least in part, from said server over said network upon the opening of said e-mail and to display said audiovisual enhancement within said e-mail in conjunction with said message without the requirement of a previously installed viewer in such a manner that other content of said e-mail which is intended to be viewed is not visually obscured; and

    sending said e-mail over said network to said at least one recipient.

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