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Date of Patent:
Nov. 01, 2016

Filed:

Mar. 15, 2013
Applicant:

General Instrument Corporation, Horsham, PA (US);

Inventors:

Praveen Girish, Bangalore, IN;

Ramy S. Ayoub, Arlington Heights, IL (US);

Santosh Gondi, Lawrence, KS (US);

Sadeesh Kumar, Bangalore, IN;

Manohar Thagadur Nataraju, Bangalore, IN;

Assignee:

ARRIS Enterprises, Inc., Suwanee, GA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/4788 (2011.01); H04N 21/4786 (2011.01); H04L 12/58 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/4788 (2013.01); H04L 51/10 (2013.01); H04N 21/4786 (2013.01); H04L 51/16 (2013.01);
Abstract

Methods of adding an inline reply to a video email/message and presenting a chain of video emails/messages are provided. A video email/message is received and an inline reply to the video email/message is generated and associated with a point during playback of the video email/message. The inline reply is sent by return email such that, during subsequent playback of the video email/message, playback of the video email/message is paused at the point and the inline reply is displayed.


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