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US 8,300,784 B2Granted
Method and apparatus for sharing data in video conference system
AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorManchul Choi
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Abstract
A method and an apparatus for sharing data in a Video Conference System (VCS) are provided. According to an embodiment, when a user wants to share data with the other party in the VCS, only a user selected region and not the entire screen is converted into a format optimized for the other party's display and then transmitted to the other party.
Claims22
A first terminal for providing a video communication in cooperation with a second terminal, the first terminal comprising:
- a display configured to display a plurality of windows including first and second windows, the first window configured to display an image of at least one user at the second terminal, the second window configured to display a content and an indicator for selecting content of the first terminal associated with the video communication;
- a user input unit configured to receive a user's selection of a portion of the content displayed on the second window;
- a region selecting unit configured to extract the selected portion of the content displayed on the second window;
- a network unit configured to transmit the extracted portion of the content to the second terminal;
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- a scalar unit configured to scale the capture region of the image according resolution information or display size information of the second terminal's display.
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A method for providing a video communication in cooperation with a second terminal, the method comprising:
- displaying, by a display of a first terminal, a plurality of windows including first and second windows, the first window configured to display an image of at least one user at the second terminal, the second window configured to display a content and an indicator for selecting content of the first terminal associated with the video communication;
- receiving, by the first terminal, a user's selection of a portion of the content displayed on the second window;
- extracting, by a region selecting unit of the first terminal, the selected portion of the content displayed on the second window;
- scaling, by the first terminal, the extracted portion of the content according resolution information or display size information of second terminal's display;
- and
- transmitting, by the first terminal, the content to the second terminal.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.