Live greetings
AssigneeAmerican Greetings Corporation
InventorsBrian Stanek, Zachary Paladino, Phil Peron, David Noyes, Kathy D'Amato, David Chiang, Robert A. Matousek
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Abstract
Systems, methods, and apparatuses disclose an electronic greeting card application for creating, editing, distributing, and viewing electronic greeting cards on a portable computing device, wherein the electronic greeting card displays animations and permits users to customize the card by way of adding a message, signature, photo, and sound recording.
Claims18
A system for providing an electronic greeting card having audio and other portions, the system comprising:
- a network having
- a first application programming interface (“API”),
- a second API,
- a processor, and
- a first server;
- a second server;
- a recipient electronic device;
- wherein the audio portion is transmitted to the first API, the other portions are transmitted to the second API with a notification address,
- wherein the audio portion is stored on the first server,
- wherein the audio portion is transcoded by the processor,
- wherein the processor notifies the second API of at least one link to the transcoded audio portion;
- wherein the transcoded audio portion is stored on the second server,
- wherein the electronic greeting card is sent to the recipient electronic device, and, when the recipient device accesses the transmitted electronic greeting card, the transcoded audio portion is rendered to the recipient electronic device and decoded based on the operating environment of the recipient device.
A method for providing an electronic greeting card having audio and other portions, the method comprising:
- transmitting the audio portion of the electronic greeting card to a network through a first application programming interface (“API”) of the network;
- storing the audio portion on a first server;
- transmitting the other portions of the electronic greeting card to the network through a second API of the network;
- transmitting a request to a processor of the network to transcode the audio portion, wherein the request includes a notification address;
- transcoding the audio portion;
- storing the transcoded audio portion on a second server;
- notifying the second API of a location of the stored transcoded audio portion;
- transmitting the electronic greeting card to a recipient device based on the notification address;
- rendering the transcoded audio portion from the second server and decoding the transcoded audio portion, based on the operating environment of the recipient device, when the recipient device accesses the transmitted electronic greeting card.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.