Multiple-frame screenshot

A computer-implemented method comprising:

• receiving, at a viewing device, a signal conveying a video stream from a source device communicatively coupled to the viewing device;
• presenting video frames associated with the video stream on a display of the viewing device;
• maintaining a rolling buffer comprising multiple video frames within a storage of the viewing device, the multiple video frames recurringly updated to represent a subset of video frames associated with the video stream most recently presented on the display;
• receiving a signal indicative of a capture command;
• and
• preserving the subset of video frames as a multiple-frame screenshot in response to the capture command.

At least one machine-readable storage medium comprising instructions that when executed by a computing device, causes the computing device to:

• receive, at the computing device, a signal conveying a video stream from a source device communicatively coupled to the computing device;
• present video frames associated with the video stream on a display of the computing device;
• maintain a rolling buffer comprising multiple video frames within a storage of the computing device, the multiple video frames recurringly updated to represent a subset of video frames associated with the video stream most recently presented on the display;
• receive a signal indicative of a capture command;
• and
• preserve the subset of video frames as a multiple-frame screenshot in response to the capture command.

An apparatus comprising:

• a processor circuit;
• and
• a storage communicatively coupled to the processor circuit and storing a sequence of instructions that when executed by the processor circuit, causes the processor circuit to:
• receive a signal from a source device communicatively coupled to the apparatus, the signal conveying a video stream from the source device to the apparatus;
• present video frames associated with the video stream on a display associated with the apparatus;
• maintain a rolling buffer comprising a plurality of video frames within the storage;
• recurringly update the plurality of video frames to represent a subset of video frames associated with the video stream most recently presented on the display;
• receive a signal indicative of a capture command;
• and
• preserve the subset of video frames as a multiple-frame screenshot in response to the capture command.

An apparatus comprising:

• a manually-operable control;
• a display;
• a processor circuit;
• and
• a storage communicatively coupled to the processor circuit and storing a sequence of instructions that when executed by the processor circuit, causes the processor circuit to:
• in response to first operation of the control, transmit a signal to a viewing device communicatively coupled to the apparatus, the signal conveying a capture command and an indication of the identity of the apparatus, to cause the viewing device to preserve a subset of video frames visually presented by the viewing device and associated with a video stream received by the viewing device from a source device, the subset of video frames being recurringly updated by the viewing device to be representative of video frames most recently visually presented by the viewing device up to the viewing device receiving the signal from the apparatus;
• receive the subset of video frames transmitted by the viewing device to the apparatus in response to the signal from the apparatus, the signal conveying a request to the viewing device to transmit the subset of video frames;
• and
• visually presenting one or more of the video frames of the subset of video frames on the display.