Patent ID: 8103957
Filing Date: 2012-01-24
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method of simplifying access to content, the method comprising: obtaining at a video content management server a request for an electronic mail with an embedded link associated with at least one of audio content and viewable content based on activation of a web page link in a web page from a requesting computing device; providing with the video content management server the electronic mail with the embedded link to the requesting computing device; obtaining at the video content management server a request for the at least one of audio content and viewable content in response to an activation of the embedded link in an electronic mail; obtaining with the video content management server operating environment information about the requesting computing device in response to the activation of the embedded link in the electronic mail by opening an initial web browser window in the requesting computing device; selecting with the video content management sever without user intervention one of a plurality of versions of the at least one of the audio content and viewable content for the requesting computing device based on the obtained operating environment information; providing with the video content management server the selected version of the at least one of the audio content and viewable content to the requesting computing device; and launching the one of one or more viewing applications identified in the requesting computing device to play the selected version of the at least one of audio content and viewable content received from the video content management server.