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US 5,559,868 AGranted
Method for sending and receiving video images
AssigneeLucent Technologies Inc.
InventorGreg E. Blonder
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Abstract
A method for sending and displaying customized video images with telecommunications devices is disclosed. In one embodiment of the invention, a video-caller identification scheme is described in which in-band signalling is used to transmit video data.
Claims4
In a telecommunications network connecting a first telecommunications device to a second telecommunications device, a method of selectively switching to in-band signaling between said first and second telecommunications devices, said method comprising the steps of:
- initiating a communication between said first telecommunications device and said second telecommunications device,
- sending a first signal from said first telecommunications device to said second telecommunications device,
- displaying via said second telecommunications device a first icon represented by said first signal,
- sending a second signal from said second telecommunications device to said first telecommunications device, said second signal representing a second icon, and
- thereafter selectively switching said first telecommunications device and said second telecommunications device to in-band signaling based on said first icon.
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