System and method for controlling inter-device media exchanges
AssigneePhotobucket Corporation
InventorsCharles B. Zapata, Daniel J. Shapiro, Brian Schultz
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Abstract
Systems and methods for enhancing the exchange of data, particularly media data, among remote locations. In one embodiment, instructions are added to a delivered media message. The instructions are such as to control the processing of the media at the receiving device as well as controlling response messages. This then allows a sending device to enable a return connection from the target location thereby facilitating the return to the sending device of data. The retuned data can be specified by the sender, by the target or by a combination of them. In one embodiment, a intermediary server is used to control the data flow across the network.
Claims17
A method for exchanging media data between communication devices, said method comprising:
- sending a media burdened message from a first device to a target device, said message containing both media content and optional user controlled response possibilities for presenting to a user at said target device
- positioning on a display of said target device at least some of said sent ones of said user controlled response possibilities in conjunction with media sent to said target user;
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- conditioning said target device to allow said target user to respond to said display of user controlled response possibilities without requiring said user to change said displayed presentations.
A method of communicating media messages from a first location to a second location, said method comprising:
- establishing at said second location a set of rules for handling messages sent from said first location, said set of rules uniquely associated with said first location;
- sending a media message from said first location to said second location for processing at said second location in accordance with said pre-established rules pertaining to said first location;
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- positioning received ones of said sent media messages on a display of said second location in accordance with said first location rules, wherein said first location pre-established rules are delivered to said second location as part of a media message sent from said first location.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.