Patent ID: 8832494
Filing Date: 2014-09-09
Classification: H04L,H04N

Abstract:
1. At least one non-transitory machine accessible medium comprising computer instructions for displaying a video message on a data processing system with a nonfunctional operating system, wherein the computer instructions, in response to being executed on the data processing system, enable the data processing system to carry out a method comprising: using a first video messaging service of a data processing system to automatically present a first video message on the data processing system, wherein the first video messaging service runs on top of an operating system in the data processing system; after using the first video messaging service to present the first video message, automatically determining whether the first video messaging service has become nonfunctional; and in response to determining that the first video messaging service has become nonfunctional, automatically using a backup video messaging service to present a second video message on the data processing system, wherein the backup video messaging service operates in a boot environment of the data processing system.