Browser-based electronic messaging
AssigneeDigital Equipment Corporation
InventorsChristopher M. Weikart, William D. Goldenthal, Debajit Ghosh, Kenneth F. Alden, Brian S. Eberman
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Abstract
In a computerized method for messaging, a Web page includes an embedded tag specifying a message extension program. The Web page is requested from a Web server by a Web browser of a first client computer connected to the Web server computer by a communications network. The extension program corresponding to the message tag is retrieved. A multimedia message is recorded as digital signals in a file of the client computer using the extension program. The file is sent to a second client computer as an electronic mail message.
Claims21
A computerized method for sending multimedia messages, comprising:
- adding a tag specifying an extension program to a page accessible by a server computer;
- requesting the page by a browser application executing in a first client computer connected to the server computer by a communications network;
- retrieving the extension program via the server computer;
- executing at the first client computer the extension program using the browser application program executing in the first client computer, execution of the extension program using the browser application program permitting creation of a multimedia message using a multimedia message user-input device at the first client computer, the multimedia message including at least one of audio and video information;
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- permitting the message to be accessed by a second client computer.
An apparatus for sending electronic messages, comprising:
- a server computer having access to a page including an embedded tag specifying an extension program;
- a first client computer, connected to the server computer by a communications network, requesting the page using a browser application program;
- a mechanism for retrieving the extension program specified in the tag;
- the first client computer being configured to execute the extension program using the browser application program, execution of the extension program using the browser application program permitting creation, using a multimedia message user-input device at the first client computer, of a multimedia message, the multimedia message including at least one of audio and video information;
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- a second client computer that accesses the multimedia message.
A computerized method for sending multimedia messages, comprising:
- inserting a tag specifying an extension program into a page accessible by a server computer;
- requesting the page by a browser application executing in a first client computer connected to the server computer by a communications network;
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- executing at the first client computer the extension program using the browser application program executing in the first client computer, execution of the extension program using the browser application program permitting creation of a multimedia message using a multimedia message user-input device at the first client computer, the multimedia message including at least one of audio and video information.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.