US007984098B2
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`(12) United States Patent
`Enete et al.
`
`(10) Patent N0.2
`(45) Date of Patent:
`
`US 7,984,098 B2
`Jul. 19, 2011
`
`(54) VIDEO MESSAGING
`
`(75) Inventors: Noel Enete, Seal Beach, CA (US);
`Wayne Packard, Rancho Santa
`Margarita, CA (US); Harry W. Morris,
`Reston, VA (US); Gustavo Alejandro Di
`Martino, Mission Viejo, CA (US)
`
`(73) Assignee: AOL, Inc., Dulles, VA (U S)
`
`( * ) Notice:
`
`Subject to any disclaimer, the term of this
`patent is extended or adjusted under 35
`U30 154(1)) by 428 days-
`
`(21) Appl' No‘. 09/911,799
`
`(22) Filed.
`
`JUL 25, 2001
`
`(65)
`
`Prior Publication Data
`
`Us 2003/0208543 A1
`
`NOV- 6: 2003
`_
`_
`Related U‘s‘Apphcatlon Data
`(60) Provisional application NO_ 60/220,648’ ?led on ]u1_
`25, 2000
`
`51
`Int. Cl.
`(2006.01)
`(
`) G06F 15/16
`(52) US. Cl. ...... .. 709/204; 709/205; 709/217; 709/218;
`_
`_
`_
`709/227
`(58) Field of Classi?cation Search ................ .. 709/200,
`709/204, 205, 206, 217, 218, 203, 219
`See application ?le for complete search history.
`
`(56)
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`Satter, Michael, excerpts from Internet TV with CU-SeeMe, First
`Edition, including inside Title Page and Copyright Page; “Overview”
`& “Contents” through pp. xii; Chapter 1, “Introduction to Internet
`Videoconferencing and CU-SeeMe,” pp. 1-12; Chapter 4, “Hard
`Ware,” pp. 47-64; Chapter 5, “Software,” pp. 65-92; Chapter 6, “CU
`SeeMe User’s Guide,” pp. 93-121; Chapter 9, “Other
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`copyright © 1995.
`
`.
`(Commued)
`Primary Examiner i Moustafa M Meky
`(74) Attorney, Agent, or Firm * Finnegan, Henderson,
`FarabOW’ Garrett & Dunner’ L_L_P_
`
`(57)
`
`ABSTRACT
`
`Systems and techniques for transferring electronic data
`betWeen users of a communications system by receiving, at
`an instant messaging host, a video ?le from a sender and
`intended for a recipient; authenticating the video ?le; and
`sending the video ?le to the intended recipient.
`
`15 Claims, 14 Drawing Sheets
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`REQUEST
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`AUTHENTICATE VIDEO
`MESSAGE
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`MESSAGE
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`70001 Robenson
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`6311211 B1
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`6,347,332 B1
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`7/2002 Trovato et al.
`6,425,012 B1
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`6,306,004 B1
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`6’446’112 B1
`9/2002
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`6,750,881 B1
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`6,912,563 B1
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`6/2006 Maehiro
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`6/2006 Myersetal-
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`7/2006 B9298 er a1
`7,082,407 B1
`10/2006 Tessman, Jr. et a1.
`7,120,687 B1
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`80001 Shah
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`2002/0193942 A1 12/2002 Odakura eta1.
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`2003/0004855 A1
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`2003/0009385 A1
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