# US 8,786,661 B2 · Videophone input apparatus > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 8,786,661 B2 - Document ID: US8786661B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 13/406,061 - Filed: 2012-02-27 - Published: 2013-08-29 - Granted: 2014-07-22 - Earliest claimed: 2012-02-27 - Assignees: Twinelab Oy - Applicants: Phillip Lindberg; Damien Higgins - Inventors: Phillip Lindberg; Damien Higgins - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US8786661B2 ## CPC - H04N 7/148: {Interfacing a video terminal to a particular transmission medium, e.g. ISDN} - H04N 7/147: {Communication arrangements, e.g. identifying the communication as a video-communication, intermediate storage of the signals (selecting H04Q)} - H04W 4/50: Service provisioning or reconfiguring - H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION - H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72) ## Abstract A videophone input apparatus has a communication interface for communicating with a system server, a peer and an A/V output apparatus; a processor; and a memory which causes the videophone apparatus to connect the videophone input apparatus via a local connection to the A/V output apparatus and via a first wireless connection to the system server. The videophone input apparatus transceives configuration information between the videophone input apparatus and the system server via the first wireless connection; establish a peer-to-peer connection between the videophone input apparatus and the peer over a second wireless connection; and trigger a videophone service over the peer-to-peer connection utilizing a service account defined by the system server. Furthermore, the videophone input apparatus provides user input data for the videophone service using the videophone input apparatus; and provide user output data, from the peer, for the videophone service using the A/V output apparatus. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A videophone input apparatus comprising: a communication interface for communicating with a system server, a peer and an A/V output apparatus; at least one processor; and at least one memory including computer program code; the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the videophone apparatus to: connect the videophone input apparatus via a local connection to the A/V output apparatus and via a first wireless connection to the system server; transceive configuration information automatically between the videophone input apparatus and the system server via the first wireless connection; establish a peer-to-peer connection between the videophone input apparatus and the peer over a second wireless connection; trigger a videophone service over the peer-to-peer connection utilizing a service account created by the system server in response to the automatically transceived configuration information between the videophone input apparatus and the system server; provide user input data for the videophone service using the videophone input apparatus; and provide user output data, from the peer, for the videophone service using the A/V output apparatus. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The videophone input apparatus of claim 1, wherein the local connection comprises at least one of the following: a SCART cable; a HDMI cable; a RCA cable; and a wireless local area network (WLAN) connection. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The videophone input apparatus of claim 1, wherein the first and the second wireless connection comprise at least one of the following: a cellular network data connection; and a wireless local area network (WLAN) connection. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The videophone input apparatus of claim 1, further comprising: a microphone for producing audio data; an audio codec for encoding the audio data to provide encoded audio data for the user input data of the videophone service; a camera for producing video data; and a video codec for encoding the video data to provide encoded video data for the user input data of the videophone service. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The videophone input apparatus of claim 1, further comprising: an audio codec for decoding encoded peer audio data of the user output data to provide audio information of the videophone service for a speaker of the A/V output apparatus; and a video codec for decoding encoded peer video data of the user output data to provide video information of the videophone service for a display of the A/V output apparatus. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The videophone input apparatus of claim 1, wherein the videophone input apparatus not comprising a display. ### Claim 7 A method comprising: connecting a videophone input apparatus via a local connection to an A/V output apparatus and via a first wireless connection to a system server; transceiving configuration information automatically between the videophone input apparatus and the system server via a first wireless connection; creating a service account, by the system server, for a videophone service in response to the automatically transceived configuration information between the videophone input apparatus and the system server; establishing a peer-to-peer connection between the videophone input apparatus and a peer over a second wireless connection; triggering the videophone service over the peer-to-peer connection utilizing the service account; providing user input data for the videophone service using the videophone input apparatus; and providing user output data for the videophone service using the A/V output apparatus. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The method of claim 7, further comprising: encrypting the peer-to-peer connection between the videophone input apparatus and the peer over the second wireless connection. ### Claim 9 (depends on 7) The method of claim 7, further comprising: receiving audio data via a microphone of the videophone input apparatus; encoding the audio data using an audio codec; receiving video data via a camera of the videophone input apparatus; encoding the video data using a video codec; and providing the user input data for the videophone service using the encoded audio data and the encoded video data. ### Claim 10 (depends on 7) The method of claim 7, further comprising: receiving encoded user output data for the videophone service from the peer at the videophone input apparatus; decoding audio data of the encoded user output data using an audio codec; providing the audio data to a speaker of the A/V output apparatus; decoding video data of the encoded user output data using a video codec; and providing the video data to a display of the A/V output apparatus. ### Claim 11 A computer program embodied on a non-transitory computer readable medium comprising computer executable program code, which when executed by at least one processor of a videophone input apparatus, causes the videophone input apparatus to: connect the videophone input apparatus via a local connection to an A/V output apparatus and via a first wireless connection to a system server; transceive configuration information automatically between the videophone input apparatus and the system server via a first wireless connection; establish a peer-to-peer connection between the videophone input apparatus and a peer over a second wireless connection; trigger the videophone service over the peer-to-peer connection utilizing a service account created by the system server in response to the automatically transceived configuration information between the videophone input apparatus and the system server; provide user input data for the videophone service using the videophone input apparatus; and provide user output data for the videophone service using the A/V output apparatus. ### Claim 12 A system comprising: a videophone input apparatus, configured to: connect via a local connection to an A/V output apparatus and via a first wireless connection to a system server; trigger a videophone service over a peer-to-peer connection utilizing a service account; and provide user input data for the videophone service; the system server configured to: transceive configuration information automatically with the videophone input apparatus via the first wireless connection; and create the service account for the videophone service; a peer configured to: establish the peer-to-peer connection between the videophone input apparatus over a second wireless connection; and the A/V output apparatus configured to: provide user output data, from the peer, for the videophone service.