Wireless handset interface for video recording camera control

A video recording system, comprising:

• a hands-free video recorder, comprising:
• one or more storage media;
• one or more optical sensors through which the hands-free video recorder is to receive an input image signal;
• one or more wireless radios;
• and
• one or more processors coupled to the one or more optical sensors, the one or more storage media and the one or more wireless radios;
• and
• a cellular-enabled wireless telephony handset communicatively coupled to the hands-free video recorder over a wireless communication link;
• wherein the hands-free video recorder is to:
• process the input image signal into an encoded video data stream;
• wirelessly relay first frames of the video data stream to the handset over the link;
• and
• wherein the handset is to:
• present the frames of the encoded video data stream received over the link on a display screen of the handset;
• present a graphical video control interface on the display screen;
• direct second frames of the video data stream to one or more of a plurality of destinations by transmitting one or more first video control commands to the recorder in response to receiving a first input through the video control interface.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium with instructions stored thereon that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform a method comprising:

• receiving first frames of a video data stream over a wireless communication link to a hands-free video recorder;
• presenting the first frames of the video data stream on a display screen of a handset in which the one or more processors are disposed;
• presenting a graphical user video control interface on the display screen;
• receiving a first input through the video control interface;
• and
• transmitting, in response to in response to the first input, one or more first video control commands to the recorder that control a destination of second frames of the video data stream by directing the second frames to at least one of a plurality of destinations.