Data communication method and system using mobile terminal
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorKwang Min SEO
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Abstract
A data communication method and system using a mobile terminal are provided. Multimedia data stored in a mobile terminal can be provided to a counterpart during webcam communication. The data communication method includes activating webcam mode operation, identifying a preset operating mode during the webcam mode operation, the preset operating mode being selected from a plurality of operating modes including a multimedia mode and a capture mode, extracting, when the preset operating mode is the multimedia mode, multimedia data according to a predetermined acquisition scheme, and transmitting the extracted multimedia data to a connected device through a pre-specified interface.
Claims20
A data communication method using a mobile terminal, the method comprising:
- activating a webcam mode operation;
- identifying a preset operating mode during the webcam mode operation, the preset operating mode being selected from a plurality of operating modes comprising a multimedia mode and a capture mode;
- and
- when the preset operating mode is the multimedia mode, extracting multimedia data according to a predetermined acquisition scheme and
- transmitting the extracted multimedia data to a connected device through a pre-specified interface.
A mobile terminal comprising:
- a camera module for capturing image data in a webcam mode operation;
- a storage unit for storing multimedia data and mode information for the webcam mode operation;
- an interface unit for transmitting one of captured image data using a data path from the camera module and multimedia data using a data path from the storage unit to an external device;
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- a control unit for controlling a process of activating the webcam mode operation, for identifying an operating mode during the webcam mode operation, the operating mode being selected from a plurality of operating modes comprising a capture mode and a multimedia mode, for setting up, when the operating mode is the multimedia mode, a data path from the storage unit, and for transmitting multimedia data stored in the storage unit to the external device through the interface unit.
A webcam communication system comprising:
- a mobile terminal, comprising a camera module, for transmitting one of image data captured by the camera module and stored multimedia data through a specified interface according to an identified operating mode selected from a plurality of operating modes comprising a multimedia mode and a capture mode during a webcam mode operation;
- a first device, connected to the mobile terminal through the specified interface, for forwarding the captured image data or multimedia data received from the mobile terminal;
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- a second device for performing webcam communication with the first device through a network, for receiving the captured image data or multimedia data from the first device, and for providing the received data to a user thereof,
- wherein the mobile terminal may change the operating mode among the plurality of operating modes.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.