Integrated telephony and video system
OwnerKenneth J. Coolinventor
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Abstract
An integrated telephony and video system allows a viewer of a program to selectively accept a telephone call based on caller identification information and automatically buffer the program upon acceptance of the call. When the call is terminated, the buffered program is played from the point of interruption until the buffered program is the same as the real-time program. The system may store data about the call, such as the caller identification information and length of the call. Such data may be used to determine a compression format for the buffered program. Such data may also be used to generate a list of callers for whom the user desires to be interrupted while viewing the program.
Claims14
A system for providing uninterrupted viewing of a real-time program during a telephone call from a caller to a user, the system comprising:
- a display capable of displaying caller identification information upon receipt of the call;
- a controller capable of detecting acceptance and termination of the call by the user;
- and
- a buffer coupled to the controller, wherein the buffer is capable of buffering the real-time program from the acceptance of the call and providing the buffered program to the user upon the termination of the call until the buffered program coincides with the real-time program;
- a memory capable of storing data about the call;
- the data including at least one of the caller identification information and length of the call, the buffer being capable of buffering the program in a compressed format, the compressed format being selected based on the stored data about the call.
A method of providing uninterrupted viewing of a real-time program during a telephone call from a caller to a user, the method comprising:
- displaying caller identification information upon receipt of the call;
- detecting acceptance of the call by the user;
- buffering the real-time program from the acceptance of the call;
- storing data about the call, the data including at least one of:
- the caller identification information and length of the call;
- and
- displaying the buffered program to the user upon the termination of the call until the buffered program coincides with the real-time program;
- wherein the program is buffered in a compressed format, the compressed format being selected based on the stored data about the call.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.