Communication service method and communication apparatus thereof
AssigneeSony Corporation
InventorsMotoki Nakade, Jun Tanaka, Yoshito Shiraishi, Etsuo Kuroda
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Abstract
A communication service method wherein a user ID is registered at server. Video data from the user's terminal is transmitted to the server. The user selects the setting of whether image data is used with that video data; and the user's selected setting is stored at the server with the user ID. When the stored setting indicates that image data is used, the video data and the image data are transmitted from the server to one or more other terminals.
Claims27
A communication server comprising:
- a communication interface configured to receive a user ID of a user, video data from a terminal used by the user, and a setting of whether image data is used with the video data, and
- a store configured to store the setting;
- and
- a controller configured to control the communication interface to transmit to one or more other terminals the video data and the image data when the setting indicates that the image data is used.
A method of communicating with a terminal, comprising:
- receiving a user ID of a user, video data from a terminal used by the user, and a setting of whether image data is used with the video data,
- storing the setting;
- and
- transmitting to one or more other terminals the video data and the image data when the setting indicates that the image data is used.
A non-transitory computer readable medium on which is recorded a program for instructing a processor to communicate with a terminal, by steps comprising:
- receiving a user ID of a user, video data from a terminal used by the user, and a setting of whether image data is used with the video data,
- storing the setting;
- and
- transmitting to one or more other terminals the video data and the image data when the setting indicates that the image data is used.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.