Method and system for conveying video messages

An apparatus according to claim 48, wherein the attributes include any one or more selected from a set consisting of:

• a tone of the video message,
• an intent of the video message;
• and
• duration of the video message or part thereof.

A computer readable memory medium for storing a program for apparatus which processes data, said processing comprising a method of conveying a video message from an originator of the video messages to one or more remotely positioned recipients, said program comprising:

• code for creating a hierarchical video message structure including at least one node adapted to contain one or more links to one or more segments of video data for forming said video message;
• code for establishing a link between at least one of said nodes of said structure and at least one of said segments of said video data to create a structured video message, said structured video message comprising at least one linked node referencing at least said one segment of video data, whereby said structured video message is associated with said structure so as to provide said originator with enhanced manipulation capabilities for manipulation of said video data, said video data being manipulated by manipulating said structure, said manipulation capabilities including at least altering a position of a node within said structure so as to alter a temporal position of an associated segment of video data within said video messages;
• and
• code for conveying the structured video message to at least one of said remotely positioned recipients for viewing and/or for providing said at least one recipient with substantially the same enhanced manipulation capabilities.

A method of conveying a video message from an originator of the video message to one or more remotely positioned recipients, said method comprising the steps of:

• providing a hierarchical tree video message structure including at least one node adapted to contain one or more links to one or more segments of video data for forming said video message;
• establishing a link between at least one of said nodes of said structure and at least one of said segments of said video data to provide a structured video message, said structured video message comprising at least one linked node referencing at least said one segment of video data, whereby said structured video message is associated with said structure so as to provide said originator with enhanced capabilities for manipulation of said video data, said video data being manipulated by manipulating said structure;
• and
• conveying the structured video message to at least one of said remotely positioned recipients for viewing and/or for providing said at least one recipient with substantially the same enhanced manipulation capabilities.

A method of conveying a video message over a network, wherein said video message includes one or more segments of video image data and an associated audio message, said method including the steps of:

• capturing said one or more segments of video data for forming said video message on a first apparatus;
• processing said captured video message to provide a structured video message, wherein said structured video message is represented as a hierarchical tree structure including at least one node adapted to contain one or more links to one or more of said segments of video data for forming said video message, said structured video message comprising at least one linked node referencing at least one of said segments of said video data, said hierarchical tree structure allowing an originator labelling, navigation, editing and annotation capabilities;
• and
• transmitting over said network the structured video message to at least one second apparatus;
• receiving said structured video message at the at least one second apparatus;
• processing and viewing said received structured video message by a recipient in accordance with said hierarchical tree structure.

A system for conveying a video message, wherein said video message includes one or more segments of video image data and an associated audio message, said system including:

• at least one first apparatus including:
• capturing means for capturing said one or more segments of video data for forming said video message;
• processing means for processing the captured video message to provide a structured video message, wherein said structured video message is represented as a hierarchical tree structure including at least one node adapted to contain one or more links to one or more of said segments of video data for forming said video message, said structured video message comprising at least one linked node referencing at least one of said segments of video data, said hierarchical tree structure allowing an originator of said video message labelling, navigation, editing and annotation capabilities;
• and
• means for transmitting the structured video message to at least one second apparatus;
• said second apparatus including:
• means for receiving said structured video message;
• means for processing and viewing by a recipient said received structured video message in accordance with said hierarchical tree structure.

A computer readable medium for storing a program for apparatus which processes data, said processing comprising a method of conveying a video message over a network, wherein said video message includes one or more segments of video image data and an associated audio message, said program comprising:

• code for capturing said one or more segments of video data for forming said video message on a first apparatus;
• code for processing said captured video message to provide a structured video message, wherein said structured video message is represented as a hierarchical tree structure including at least one node adapted to contain one or more links to one or more of said segments of video data for forming said video message, said structured video message comprising at least one linked node referencing at least one of said segments of video data, said hierarchical tree structure allowing an originator labelling, navigation, editing and annotation capabilities;
• code for transmitting the structured video message to at least one second apparatus;
• code for receiving said structured video message at the at least one second apparatus;
• and
• code for processing and viewing, by a recipient, said received structured video message in accordance with said hierarchical tree structure.

A method of conveying a video message including the steps of:

• capturing video data on a first apparatus, wherein said video data includes one or more segments of image data and associated audio data;
• processing said captured video data to provide a video message, wherein said video message includes said captured video data and a first video message hierarchical tree structure being a first instantiation of a message template, said first video message hierarchical tree structure including at least one node adapted to contain one or more links to one or more of said segments of video data for forming said video message;
• transmitting said one or more segments of video data and said message template to at least one second apparatus;
• receiving the video data and the message template at the second apparatus;
• processing said video data to provide a corresponding video message, wherein said corresponding video message includes said video data and a second video message hierarchical tree structure being a second instantiation of said message template;
• and
• viewing said corresponding video message in accordance with said second video message hierarchical tree structure.

A system for conveying a video message including:

• at least one first apparatus including:
• capturing means for capturing video, wherein said video data includes one or more segments of video image data and associated audio data;
• processing means for processing said captured video data to provide a video message, wherein said video message includes said captured video data and a first video message hierarchical tree structure, said first structure being a first instantiation of a message template, said first structure including at least one node adapted to contain one or more links to one or more of said segments of video data for forming said video message;
• means for transmitting the structured video message to at least one second apparatus;
• said second apparatus including:
• means for receiving the video data and the message template at the second apparatus;
• means for processing said video data to provide a corresponding video message, wherein said corresponding video message includes said video data and a second video message hierarchical tree structure being a second instantiation of said message template;
• and
• means for viewing said corresponding video message in accordance with said second video message hierarchical tree structure.

A computer readable medium for storing a program for apparatus which processes data, said processing comprising a method of conveying a video message, said video message including video data comprising one or more segments of video image data and associated audio data, said program comprising:

• code for capturing said one or more segments of video data on a first apparatus,
• code for processing said captured video data to provide a video message, wherein said video message includes said captured video data and a first video message hierarchical tree structure being a first instantiation of a message template, said first hierarchical tree structure including at least one node adapted to contain one or more links to one or more of said segments of video data for forming said video message;
• code for transmitting said video data and said message template to at least one second apparatus;
• code for receiving the video data and the message template at the second apparatus;
• code for processing said video data to provide a corresponding video message, wherein said corresponding video message includes said video data and a second video message hierarchical tree structure being a second instantiation of said message template;
• and
• code for viewing said corresponding video message in accordance with said second video message hierarchical tree structure.