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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.

Date of Patent:
Mar. 29, 2016

Filed:

Jan. 31, 2014
Applicant:

Biscotti Inc., McKinney, TX (US);

Inventors:

Matthew B. Shoemake, Allen, TX (US);

Syed Nadeem Ahmed, Allen, TX (US);

Craig D. Smith, Allen, TX (US);

Jack R. Ring, Lewisville, TX (US);

Assignee:

Biscotti Inc., Plano, TX (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/16 (2011.01); H04N 7/14 (2006.01); H04M 3/53 (2006.01); H04M 1/725 (2006.01); H04M 1/65 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/147 (2013.01); H04M 3/5315 (2013.01); H04M 1/6505 (2013.01); H04M 1/72555 (2013.01);
Abstract

Novel tools and techniques are provided for enabling or implementing video mail capture, processing, and distribution. In response to a first video calling device receiving a video call from a caller at a second video calling device, the first video calling device, which is associated with a user or callee, might determine whether the user is available to answer the video call. If not, one of the first or second video calling devices might prompt the caller to leave a videomail message, and might record and upload the videomail message to a server over a network for post-processing and/or storage. A notification may be sent to the user regarding the videomail message. The user may be provided with options to view the videomail message and/or to respond to the videomail message. In some cases, the first and second video calling devices might be of different make or model.


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