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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 03, 2011
Filed:
Mar. 10, 2002
Michael J. Curry, Jackson, CA (US);
Rudy D. Martin, Morgan Hill, CA (US);
Douglas Z. Pan, Milpitas, CA (US);
Richard T. Simoni, Jr., Cupertino, CA (US);
Michael J. Curry, Jackson, CA (US);
Rudy D. Martin, Morgan Hill, CA (US);
Douglas Z. Pan, Milpitas, CA (US);
Richard T. Simoni, Jr., Cupertino, CA (US);
Talkway, Inc., Fremont, CA (US);
Abstract
An email messaging program with built in video and/or audio media recording and/or playback capabilities is disclosed. A system includes first and second clients, each having an email messaging program installed thereon. The user of the first client composes a message and records media. In a streaming media embodiment, the first client's messaging program uploads the media to a streaming media server, and sends the message to the user of the second client. In a file attachment embodiment, the messaging program attaches the recorded media to the message, and sends the message to the user of the second client. The second client's messaging program retrieves the message. In the streaming media embodiment, when the user of the second client views the message, the messaging program downloads the media from the streaming media server, and plays back the media. In the file attachment embodiment, the messaging program plays back the media.