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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 25, 2001
Filed:
Jul. 22, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
P. Robert Hsu, San Jose, CA (US);
Yunie Sonoda, Los Altos, CA (US);
Jesse Ellenbogen, Mountain View, CA (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/14 ; H04N 7/14 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/14 ; H04N 7/14 ;
Abstract
A user composes a multimedia greeting card or multimedia email message by selecting a design template, which has previously been created and stored on the system. The design template contains one or more slots, into which the user may simply drag and drop any desired text, video, or audio data. The user may also edit and add enhancements to the multimedia greeting card or email message. If desired, the user may electronically mail the resulting product to another user.