Patent ID: 7453488
Filing Date: 2008-11-18
Classification: H04L,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method of privately sharing prerecorded motion video between first and second computers connected to an internetwork for exchanging network packets therebetween, wherein each of said computers has a respective private IP address within said internetwork, said method comprising the steps of: maintaining a central server coupled to said internetwork and containing a database of IP addresses of registered computers; running call clients in each of said first and second computers for establishing a data call between said first and second computers in response to said database of IP addresses; uploading said prerecorded motion video into a video server application in said first computer, said video server application supporting streaming media; generating within said first or second computer a request for sharing said prerecorded motion video; running media player applications in said first and second computers, said media player applications supporting said streaming media; streaming said uploaded motion video from said video server application to said media player applications simultaneously; displaying said prerecorded motion video on said first and second computers; and either one of said media players sending control messages to said video server application to control replay of said uploaded motion video.