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US 8,078,678 B2Granted
Video messaging
AssigneeAOL Inc.
InventorsNoel Enete, Wayne Packard, Harry W. Morris
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Abstract
Systems and techniques for transferring electronic data between users of a communications system by receiving, at an instant messaging host, a video file from a sender and intended for a recipient; authenticating the video file; and sending the video file to the intended recipient.
Claims20
A communications method, comprising:
- initiating an instant messaging session between a sender and a recipient;
- transmitting an instant message to a server;
- receiving an authentication report from the server indicating that the recipient is a valid recipient;
- receiving a report from the server that contains capability information of the recipient;
- transmitting a video messaging session initiation request to the server;
- receiving a report from the server that a video messaging session has been established between the sender and the recipient;
- generating a video message;
- and
- transmitting the video message to the recipient.
6 more elements
A computer readable storage medium, wherein the computer readable storage medium is storing instructions for:
- initiating an instant messaging session between a sender and a recipient;
- transmitting an instant message to a server;
- receiving an authentication report from the server indicating that the recipient is a valid recipient;
- receiving a report from the server that contains capability information of the recipient;
- transmitting a video messaging session initiation request to the server;
- receiving a report from the server that a video messaging session has been established between the sender and the recipient;
- generating a video message;
- and
- transmitting the video message to the recipient.
6 more elements
A communications method comprising:
- receiving, at a server, an instant message that is addressed from a sender to a recipient;
- transmitting, from the server, an authentication report indicating that the recipient is a valid recipient;
- transmitting, from the server, a report that contains capability information of the recipient;
- receiving, from at least one of the sender or the recipient, a video messaging session initiation request;
- generating, by the server, a report that a video messaging session has been established between the sender and the recipient;
- and
- enabling the transmission a of a video message from the sender to the recipient.
4 more elements
A computer-readable storage medium storing instructions which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform a method comprising:
- receiving, at a server, an instant message that is addressed from a sender to a recipient;
- transmitting, from the server, an authentication report indicating that the recipient is a valid recipient;
- transmitting, from the server, a report that contains capability information of the recipient;
- receiving, from at least one of the sender or the recipient, a video messaging session initiation request;
- generating, by the server, a report that a video messaging session has been established between the sender and the recipient;
- and
- enabling the transmission a of a video message from the sender to the recipient.
4 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.