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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 02, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 23, 2009
Zhangwei Xu, Redmond, WA (US);
Martin Hall, Sammamish, WA (US);
Mark Mcnulty, Renton, WA (US);
Guruprakash Rao, Redmond, WA (US);
Xiaofeng Gao, Redmond, WA (US);
Fei Chen, Kirkland, WA (US);
Ricardo Lopez-barquilla, Redmond, WA (US);
Martin Holladay, Bremerton, WA (US);
Zhangwei Xu, Redmond, WA (US);
Martin Hall, Sammamish, WA (US);
Mark McNulty, Renton, WA (US);
Guruprakash Rao, Redmond, WA (US);
Xiaofeng Gao, Redmond, WA (US);
Fei Chen, Kirkland, WA (US);
Ricardo Lopez-Barquilla, Redmond, WA (US);
Martin Holladay, Bremerton, WA (US);
MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Embodiments related to network video messaging are disclosed. One disclosed embodiment provides a method that comprises receiving a video message from a client application of a source client; associating a navigation link with the video message; transmitting a notification message to the recipient client including the navigation link; receiving a retrieval request from the recipient client to access the video content via the navigation link; and transmitting the video content to the recipient client responsive to receiving the retrieval request by providing a persistent download of the video content from the storage server if the download condition indicates that a persistent download of the video content is permissible; and providing a transient download of the video content to the recipient client while prohibiting a persistent download of the video content if the download condition indicates that a persistent download of the video content is not permissible.