Patent ID: 8489696

Claim:
A method for displaying multimedia content created by a user of a first computerized messaging device to a user of a second computerized messaging device communicatively coupled to said first computerized messaging device by a network, said method comprising; displaying, with said second computerized messaging device, a textual instant messaging exchange between said user of said first computerized messaging device and said user of said second computerized messaging device; transmitting an automatic playback policy rule of said second computerized messaging device to said first computerized messaging device; receiving said multimedia content at said second computerized messaging device over said network; dynamically embedding a player for said multimedia content in-line in said display of said textual instant messaging exchange at said second messaging device; and apprising said user of said first computerized messaging device of said automatic playback policy rule prior to receiving said multimedia content at said second computerized messaging device; and automatically playing said multimedia content in said player responsive to a determination that the automatic playback policy rule has been met and that an instruction to override said automatic playback policy rule has not been received from said first computerized messaging device.