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| 20120127258 | REMOTE CONTROL WITH TOP AND LOWER SURFACE INPUTS A remote control having a housing with a top surface and bottom surface. The top surface has a first set of one or more inputs adapted to be used when the housing is held in one hand of a user. The bottom surface has a plurality of second inputs configured in a recessed... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120105571 | System and Method for Realizing Wireless Video Conference The present disclosure relates to a method and a system for realizing wireless video conference. A conference control server is set in a wireless video conference system. In the course of the wireless video conference, a speaker AT sends a signaling stream and/or a data... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120081500 | PORTABLE VIDEO COMMUNICATION SYSTEM A method and device for adapting a display image on a hand-held portable wireless display and digital capture device. The device includes a camera for capturing a digital video and/or still image of a user, means for adjusting the captured digital image in response to p... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120069132 | TRANSMISSION TERMINAL AND METHOD OF TRANSMITTING DISPLAY DATA A transmission terminal includes a network communication unit to transceive predetermined data with another transmission terminal connected to a communication network; a proximity communication unit to establish a proximity communication with an information providing ap... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120050451 | Method and Terminal for Synchronously Recording Sounds and Images of Opposite Ends Based on Circuit Domain Video Telephone A method and a terminal for synchronously recording voices and images of an opposite end based on a circuit domain videophone are provided. The method includes receiving, by a terminal used by a party in a video call, a recording instruction sent by a user, taking a loc... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120033029 | PORTABLE TERMINAL WITH ROTATABLE AXIAL FLIP UNIT AND DUAL LENS ARRANGEMENT This portable terminal comprises a main unit having a microphone, a key operation unit, and a radio sending/receiving function of image and sound, a
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| 20120033028 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MAKING VIDEO CALLS A method comprises using a cellular telephone associated with a first party to transmit, during a first period of time, voice data from the first party to a second party via a cellular wireless telephone network. During the first period of time, a first video camera oth... | 02/09/2012 |
| 20120019610 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING INTEGRATED VIDEO COMMUNICATION APPLICATIONS ON A MOBILE COMPUTING DEVICE A system and method for operating a mobile computing device is disclosed. A processor for the mobile computing device is configured to present a user interface for a core application of the mobile computing device. The user interface enables a user to select a third par... | 01/26/2012 |
| 20120013703 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONFIGURING HIGH-DEFINITION VIDEO TELEPHONY BETWEEN COMPUTER DEVICES An apparatus for configuring a high-definition (HD) call connection between computer devices includes a Short Messaging Service (SMS) transceiving module for receiving a message for requesting home network telephony device list information of a first device, discovering... | 01/19/2012 |
| 20120007938 | PORTABLE COMMUNICATION DEVICE WITH MULTI-TASKING MODULE FOR PARALLELISM A portable device for video communication includes a control unit, a display is coupled to the central control unit, respectively. A converter is coupled to the central control unit. A vocal I/O unit is coupled to the converter and an image capture module is coupled to ... | 01/12/2012 |
| 20120002000 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR VIDEO PROCESSING FOR IMPROVED VIDEO COMPRESSION Systems, apparatuses, and methods are provided for processing video. In one method, analog image information is acquired over an exposure period, and digital image information is generated from the analog image information at a frame period where the exposure period is ... | 01/05/2012 |
| 20110316964 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE A wireless communications device establishes effective video calls, even if the user is not aware of the appropriate imaging conditions. An image resizing system and method for a wireless communication device is disclosed. Video data is captured and modified based on an... | 12/29/2011 |
| 20110304685 | Wireless Portable Device for Creating and Wirelessly Transmitting Digital Audio and/or Video A portable wireless communications subscriber audio and/or video player apparatus and system and method for selecting, requesting, downloading, and playing audio and/or video data content files from an Internet-based database server. The wireless link is preferably impl... | 12/15/2011 |
| 20110292160 | CONFIGURING OUTPUT ON A COMMUNICATION DEVICE In one general sense, display of content communicated by a sender communication device to a destination communication device may be enabled by receiving, at a destination communication device, content to be displayed by the destination communication device. Characterist... | 12/01/2011 |
| 20110276885 | MULTI-CLIENT LOCAL NETWORK BASE STATION Systems and methods are described for providing integrated, interactive communications services among multiple client devices in a local network. In one embodiment, a supersystem provides interactive communications services within a local network through a tablet, a han... | 11/10/2011 |
| 20110267417 | MOBILE TELEPHONE A mobile telephone, having a camera function, wherein the mobile telephone is designed, on an existing voice connection of the mobile telephone to the opposite station of another remote conversation partner, to carry out taking an image by camera and wirelessly sending ... | 11/03/2011 |
| 20110261143 | Viewing Apparatus A mobile device and corresponding method and program. The mobile device comprises: a transceiver for accessing a packet-based network; a screen; communication processing apparatus coupled to the transceiver and screen, for conducting a packet-based video call with a rem... | 10/27/2011 |
| 20110249077 | Video Conference Network Management for a Mobile Device Some embodiments provide a method for managing a video conference between a first device and a second device. The method identifies a first ceiling bit rate for transmitting video conference data to the second device through the communication channel. The method identif... | 10/13/2011 |
| 20110249080 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR IMPROVING VIDEO TELEPHONY QUALITY USING METADATA BASED ON RADIO SIGNAL STRENGTH A method and apparatus for Video Telephony (VT) based on the radio signal strength in a radio terminal are provided. The method includes performing a signaling process for the VT, determining audio/video codecs to be used in the VT by considering the radio signal streng... | 10/13/2011 |
| 20110249073 | Establishing a Video Conference During a Phone Call Some embodiments provide a method for initiating a video conference using a first mobile device. The method presents, during an audio call through a wireless communication network with a second device, a selectable user-interface (UI) item on the first mobile device for... | 10/13/2011 |
| 20110249076 | Different Rate Controller Configurations for Different Cameras of a Mobile Device Some embodiments provide a method for encoding video pictures captured by a mobile device having at least first and second cameras. The method identifies a first rate controller parameter that is based on at least a first value that quantifies one characteristic of the ... | 10/13/2011 |
| 20110249075 | Remote Control Operations in a Video Conference Some embodiments provide a method for allowing a first device that is in a video conference with a second mobile device to remotely control the second mobile device. The method sends images captured by a camera of the first device to the second device. The method receiv... | 10/13/2011 |
| 20110249079 | TRANSITIONING BETWEEN CIRCUIT SWITCHED CALLS AND VIDEO CALLS Transitioning between an audio only circuit switched call and a video call. A client device, which is currently connected to one or more other client devices through an established audio only circuit switched call, receives input from a user to transition from the audio... | 10/13/2011 |
| 20110249078 | Switching Cameras During a Video Conference of a Multi-Camera Mobile Device Some embodiments provide a method for conducting a video conference between a first mobile device and a second device. The first mobile device includes first and second cameras. The method selects the first camera for capturing images. The method transmits images captur... | 10/13/2011 |
| 20110249074 | In Conference Display Adjustments Some embodiments provide a method for modifying a composite display of a first mobile device that is engaged in a video conference with a second device. The method presents, on the first device, the composite display having a first video captured by the first device and... | 10/13/2011 |
| 20110242267 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR REMOTE CONTROL BETWEEN MOBILE COMMUNICATION TERMINALS An apparatus and method in a mobile terminal support remote control with other mobile terminals. A video call is connected between the mobile terminal with a corresponding terminal. A remote control request message is transmitted through a control channel to the corresp... | 10/06/2011 |
| 20110228038 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REALIZING A VIDEO PHONE A method and apparatus for realizing a video phone are provided. Wherein the method includes the following steps: the equipment on the local side establishes a physical path between the equipment on the opposite side and itself through a wireless data card (S102)... | 09/22/2011 |
| 20110221858 | METHOD AND AN APPARATUS FOR HANDLING MULTIMEDIA CALLS The present invention relates to a system and method for setting up communication between a first and a second user equipment in a mobile radio communications system, wherein said first user equipment is attempting a multimedia call to said second user equipment. The me... | 09/15/2011 |
| 20110221859 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR VIDEO TELEPHONY IN MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM A method and an apparatus for video telephony in a mobile communication system are provided. The video telephony method of a mobile communication terminal includes establishing a video telephony connection with an opponent terminal, transmitting at least one first vibra... | 09/15/2011 |
| 20110216708 | TRANSMISSION OF MULTIPLEX PROTOCOL DATA UNITS IN PHYSICAL LAYER PACKETS A transmitter generates MUX-PDUs for video, audio, data, and/or control streams based on a fixed PHY packet size such that all or a substantial percentage of the MUX-PDUs conform to the PHY packet size. The MUX-PDUs have variable sizes and are mapped to PHY packets such... | 09/08/2011 |
| 20110216153 | DIGITAL CONFERENCING FOR MOBILE DEVICES The present embodiments may relate to video conferencing. A conferencing gateway receives a video signal from one or more conferencing devices that are participating in a video conference. The video signal is adjusted to conform to the one or more mobile conferencing de... | 09/08/2011 |
| 20110213210 | PORTABLE TELEPRESENCE APPARATUS A telepresence system that includes a portable telepresence apparatus coupled to a remote control station. The telepresence apparatus comprises a monitor, a camera, a speaker, a microphone and a viewfinder screen coupled to a housing. The view finder screen allows the u... | 09/01/2011 |
| 20110181681 | METHOD, SYSTEM AND MOBILE DEVICE FOR CALL SWITCHING SERVICE A method, system and device for call switching between a mobile device using a mobile communication network and any data communication equipment using other type of communication network without any disconnection of a on ongoing call is provided. In a method for a call ... | 07/28/2011 |
| 20110181682 | Method for the transmission of signalling data in a network interface unit and in a control unit and corrsponding devices The embodiments relate to, among other things, a network interface unit (IM-MGW) in which signaling data is separated from useful data by the values of received data. The signaling data is tunneled to a control unit (MGCF). Two different data transmission networks (CS, ... | 07/28/2011 |
| 20110175976 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SUPPORTING DATA SERVICE FOR QUALITY OF SERVICE IN PORTABLE TERMINAL USING TWO DIFFERENT OPERATING SYSTEMS A method and an apparatus for supporting a data service for Quality of Service (QoS) in a portable terminal using two different Operating Systems (OSs) are provided. The apparatus includes a QoS controller server, in an application chip, for sending a QoS control signal... | 07/21/2011 |
| 20110169908 | MOBILE COMMUNICATION TERMINAL THAT DELIVERS VIBRATION INFORMATION, AND METHOD THEREOF A mobile communication terminal and a method for transferring vibration information are disclosed. The mobile communication terminal detects a movement of the mobile communication terminal caused by a user of the mobile communication terminal during a voice communicatio... | 07/14/2011 |
| 20110164105 | AUTOMATIC VIDEO STREAM SELECTION A handheld communication device is used to capture video streams and generate a multiplexed video stream. The handheld communication device has at least two cameras facing in two opposite directions. The handheld communication device receives a first video stream and a ... | 07/07/2011 |
| 20110141219 | FACE DETECTION AS A METRIC TO STABILIZE VIDEO DURING VIDEO CHAT SESSION A handheld communication device is used to capture a video and stabilize the video during a video chat session. The device has a camera to capture a video during a video chat session that is conducted between a user of the device and a far-end user. The video includes i... | 06/16/2011 |
| 20110141220 | COMMUNICATION DEVICE A communication device is provided which can smoothly perform communication using a video phone function by suppressing the video phone function depending on whether the video phone function is in an effective condition. When an incoming ca... | 06/16/2011 |
| 20110122219 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR VIDEO CALL IN A MOBILE TERMINAL A method and an apparatus for a video call in a mobile communication terminal are provided. The method includes, upon performing a video call, setting an alternative video transmission mode according to a user's manipulation, generating an avatar representing a user's e... | 05/26/2011 |
