# US 10,122,848 B2 · Caller preview for video calls > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,122,848 B2 - Document ID: US10122848B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/701,094 - Filed: 2017-09-11 - Published: 2017-12-28 - Granted: 2018-11-06 - Earliest claimed: 2016-05-12 - Assignees: Google Inc. - Applicants: Google Inc. - Inventors: Heidi Rafael Sales; Rebecca Michael; Koa Metter; Jason Cornwell; Alan Lee Rogers; Richard Yuan-Ching Lo; Anna Maria Jansson; Matthew Thomas Austin; Tyler Bahl; Minjae Lee; Justin Uberti; Amit Fulay - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10122848B2 ## CPC - H04M 3/42042: {Notifying the called party of information on the calling party (details within substation equipment H04M1/57, signalling details H04Q3/72)} - H04L 61/4594: Address books, i.e. directories containing contact information about correspondents (telephone directories in user terminals H04M1/27453) - H04L 65/1069: Session establishment or de-establishment - H04N 7/147: {Communication arrangements, e.g. identifying the communication as a video-communication, intermediate storage of the signals (selecting H04Q)} - H04N 7/15: Conference systems - H04W 4/02: Services making use of location information - H04W 4/029: Location-based management or tracking services - H04M: TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION (circuits for controlling other apparatus via a telephone cable and not involving telephone switching apparatus G08) - H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) - H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION - H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72) ## Abstract Implementations of the present application relate to caller previews for video calls. In some implementations, a method includes sending, by a caller device, a call request to a callee device and determining an identifier associated with the callee device. The method determines whether the identifier is associated with an address book of the caller device, and/or is in an outgoing call record of the caller device. An acknowledgment is received from callee device, and, upon receipt of the acknowledgment, a connection is established with the callee device. Based on determining that the identifier is associated with the address book and/or in the outgoing call record, at least a portion of a caller video is transmitted over the connection with the callee device. The caller video is transmitted prior to receipt of an acceptance of the call request from the callee device. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method comprising: sending, by a caller device, a call request to one or more callee devices, wherein the caller device includes a plurality of cameras, and wherein at least one camera of the plurality of cameras is associated with one or more particular locations; establishing a connection with at least one callee device of the one or more callee devices prior to receiving an acceptance of the call request from the at least one callee device; determining a caller context, wherein determining the caller context includes determining a geographic location of the caller device; based on the determined caller context, selecting a caller video from a plurality of videos available for transmission by the caller device, wherein selecting the caller video from the plurality of videos comprises selecting a video being captured by the at least one camera in response to determining that the geographic location of the caller device matches at least one of the one or more particular locations; and transmitting at least a portion of the selected caller video over the connection with the at least one callee device prior to receiving the acceptance of the call request by the at least one callee device. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1 wherein the plurality of videos available for transmission by the caller device include a stored stock video that is associated with the geographic location of the caller device. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1 further comprising obtaining one or more preferences of at least one callee user of the at least one callee device related to video content to receive by the at least one callee device, wherein selecting the caller video is additionally based on the one or more preferences of the at least one callee. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1 wherein the plurality of videos include a video from a camera of the plurality of cameras and an application video from an application under execution on the caller device, wherein selecting the caller video includes selecting one or more of the video from the camera of the plurality of cameras and the application video from the application under execution on the caller device. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1 wherein selecting the caller video includes selecting an available stored video that depicts a scene at the geographic location of the caller device. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1 wherein selecting the caller video includes selecting a video captured from a camera of the plurality of cameras in response to determining that the caller device has been previously located at the geographical location of the caller device. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1 wherein determining the caller context includes determining whether the caller device is present at an event as indicated by a user calendar associated with the caller device. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1 wherein selecting the caller video includes selecting, based on a current time of the call request, a stored stock video. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1 wherein audio data included in the selected video is not transmitted with the at least a portion of the selected caller video that is transmitted over the connection prior to receiving the acceptance of the call request. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The method of claim 9 wherein, in response to receiving the acceptance of the call request, transmitting the audio data in association with the transmission of the selected caller video over the connection during a video call. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1 further comprising, in response to receiving the acceptance of the call request, selecting and transmitting a second video over the connection during a video call, wherein the second video is different than the selected video. ### Claim 12 A call device comprising: a storage device; a display; a plurality of cameras, wherein at least one camera of the plurality of cameras is associated with one or more particular locations; and at least one processor coupled to the display and configured to access the storage device, the at least one processor configured to perform operations comprising: sending, by the call device, a call request to one or more callee devices; establishing a connection with at least one callee device of the one or more callee devices prior to receiving an acceptance of the call request from the at least one callee device; determining a caller context, wherein determining the caller context includes determining a geographic location of the call device; based on the determined caller context, selecting a caller video from a plurality of videos available for transmission by the caller device, wherein selecting the caller video from the plurality of videos comprises selecting at least one video being captured by the at least one camera in response to the geographic location of the call device matching at least one of the one or more particular locations; and transmitting at least a portion of the selected caller video over the connection with the at least one callee device prior to receiving the acceptance of the call request by the at least one callee device. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The call device of claim 12 wherein the operation of selecting the caller video includes selecting the at least one video being captured by the at least one camera in response to the current time being a particular time of day that is determined to be associated with the at least one video. ### Claim 14 (depends on 12) The call device of claim 12 wherein the plurality of videos available for transmission by the caller device include a stored stock video that is associated with one or more geographical locations. ### Claim 15 (depends on 12) The call device of claim 12 wherein the operation of determining the caller context includes determining a current time. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The call device of claim 15 wherein the operation of selecting the caller video includes selecting an available stored video that depicts a scene at the geographic location of the call device. ### Claim 17 (depends on 12) The call device of claim 12 wherein the at least one processor is further configured to perform an operation comprising obtaining one or more preferences of at least one callee of the callee device related to video content to receive by the at least one callee device, wherein selecting the caller video is additionally based on the one or more preferences of the at least one callee. ### Claim 18 A non-transitory computer readable medium having stored thereon software instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising: sending, by a caller device, a call request to one or more callee devices, wherein the caller device includes a plurality of cameras, and wherein a particular camera of the plurality of cameras is associated with one or more particular locations; establishing a connection with at least one callee device of the one or more callee devices prior to receiving an acceptance of the call request from the at least one callee device; determining a caller context, wherein determining the caller context includes determining a geographic location of the caller device; based on the determined caller context, selecting a caller video from a plurality of videos available for transmission by the caller device, wherein selecting the caller video from the plurality of videos comprises selecting a video being captured by the particular camera in response to the geographic location of the caller device matching at least one of the one or more particular locations; and transmitting at least a portion of the selected caller video over the connection with the at least one callee device prior to receiving the acceptance of the call request by the at least one callee device. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The computer readable medium of claim 18 wherein the plurality of videos available for transmission by the caller device include a stored stock video that is associated with one or more geographical locations.