Video mail through peer to peer network

摘要

A system and method to record a message to be transmitted to a recipient user is disclosed herein. In some embodiments, the method includes executing a graphical user interface (GUI) on a first computer system allowing a first user to generate a message through selection of a particular GUI element, wherein the message may comprise audio and video content. The method may further include recording the audio and video data in response to the user selecting the particular GUI element. The audio and video data may be subsequently encoded using a video encoding protocol to generate the message. The method may further include transmitting the message to second computer system of a recipient user, wherein the recipient user is identified by the user generating the message.

主权项

1. A system comprising:
a user interface module to execute a graphical user interface (GUI) on a first computer system, the GUI allowing a first user to generate a message through a selection of a particular GUI element, the message comprising audio and video content, the user interface module further to receive a selection of a signifier identifying a recipient user for the message; a recorder module to record the audio and video data in response to receiving the selection of the particular GUI element; an encoding module, comprising a processor of a machine, to encapsulate, using a video encoding protocol, the audio and video data as a media stream; a decisional module to determine whether a second computer system has available memory space, the second computer system corresponding to the recipient user, the decisional module further to determine whether devices residing on the second computer system are enabled; and a transmitter module to transmit, using a standard Internet protocol, the media stream to the second computer system in response to a determination that the second computer system has available memory space and that devices operating on the second computer system are enabled, the media stream being transmitted as one or more data packets to the second computer system utilizing a standardized packet format; wherein the first and second computer systems are communicatively coupled via a peer-to-peer network.