Mobile video calls
AssigneeSkype
InventorSten Tamkivi
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Abstract
A mobile device, and a method and computer program product for displaying a streaming video image at the mobile device during a packet based video call via a channel established over a wireless communication network, the method includes receiving a speed indication of the mobile device and sending said indication to a communication client application; and responsive to receiving said indication, the communication client application is configured to limit the amount of information in the streaming video image that is supplied for display on a display of the mobile device during the video call when the speed of the mobile device is greater than, or equal to, a first predetermined speed threshold.
Claims27
A method of displaying a video image at a mobile device during a video call over a wireless communication network, the method comprising:
- detecting a speed of the mobile device;
- responsive to the detecting, sending an indication of the detected speed to a communication client application that is conducting the video call on the mobile device;
- and
- responsive to receiving the indication, the communication client application:
- determining that the indicated speed satisfies a condition associated with a first predetermined speed threshold;
- and
- responsive to the determining, limiting an amount of information from a received video signal that is supplied for display on a display of the mobile device during the video call.
A mobile device comprising:
- wireless access circuitry configured to access a wireless communication network;
- a display;
- a speed detector configured to detect a speed of the mobile device;
- a processor, coupled to the wireless access circuitry, the display, and the speed detector, configured to execute a communication client application to perform operations comprising:
- conducting a video call with a remote device via a channel established over the wireless communication network, comprising:
- receiving a video signal transmitted over the channel from the remote device;
- displaying the video signal on the display in the form of a video image;
- receiving an indication of the detected speed from the speed detector;
- responsive to receiving the indication of the detected speed, determining the indicated speed satisfies a condition associated with a first predetermined speed threshold;
- and
- responsive to the determining, limiting the amount of information in the received video signal prior to display on the display during the video call.
A mobile device comprising:
- wireless access circuitry configured to access a wireless communication network;
- a display;
- a speed detector configured to detect a speed of the mobile device;
- a processor, coupled to the wireless access circuitry, the display, and the speed detector, configured to execute a communication client application to perform operations comprising:
- conducting a video call with a remote device via a channel established over the wireless communication network;
- receiving an indication of the detected speed from the speed detector;
- responsive to receiving the indication, transmitting the indication of the detected speed to the remote device over the channel;
- and
- supplying, to the display, a streaming video image comprising information in a video signal received via the channel without limiting the information supplied to the display.
A user device comprising:
- wireless access circuitry configured to access a wireless communication network;
- a video capture device configured to capture video data and output a video signal;
- one or more processors, coupled to the wireless access circuitry and the video capture device, configured to execute a communication client application to perform operations comprising:
- conducting a video call with a mobile device via a channel established over the wireless communication network;
- receiving, via the wireless access circuitry, an indication of a speed of the mobile device, the speed indication transmitted over the channel from the mobile device;
- responsive to receiving the indication of the speed, determining that the indicated speed satisfies a condition associated with a first predetermined speed threshold;
- and
- limiting the amount of information from the video signal that is transmitted to the mobile device in the video call.
One or more computer-readable storage memories comprising instructions executable by one or more processors of a mobile device to perform operations comprising:
- conducting a video call with a remote device via a channel established over a wireless communication network;
- receiving an indication of a speed of the mobile device;
- responsive to receiving the indication, determining that the indicated speed satisfies a condition associated with a first predetermined speed threshold;
- and
- responsive to the determining, limiting the amount of information from the received video signal, that is supplied for display on a display of the mobile device during the video call.
One or more computer readable storage memories comprising instructions executable by one or more processors of a user device to perform operations comprising:
- conducting a video call with a mobile device via a channel established over a wireless communication network;
- receiving an indication of a speed of the mobile device;
- responsive to receiving the indication, determining that the indicated speed satisfies a condition associated with a first predetermined speed threshold;
- and
- responsive to the determining, limiting the amount of information that is transmitted to the mobile device in the video call.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.