Patent ID: 6223213
Filing Date: 2001-04-24
Classification: G06Q,H04L,H04M

Abstract:
In a browser-based email system having a client and a host mail server, the client having a browser, the host mail server providing pages that present an email service to a user when the pages are rendered by the browser, a method for adding audio or video data to an email message comprising the following steps:rendering, at the client, a page for entering an email message;presenting, at the client, a user interface to capture audio or video data to be included as part of the email message;in response to a user command to add the audio or video data to the email message, submitting a request from the client to the host mail server, the request containing a token in lieu of the audio or video data;returning a response from the host mail server to the client, the response specifying a new page that contains the email message, the response including the token and indicating a location in the new page at which the audio or video data is to be rendered;inserting, at the client, the audio or video data at the location in the new page; andrendering, at the client, the new page.