# US 9,437,248 B2 · Apparatus and method for transmitting video data from mobile communication terminal

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- Number: US 9,437,248 B2
- Document ID: US9437248B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 14/330,968
- Filed: 2014-07-14
- Published: 2014-10-30
- Granted: 2016-09-06
- Earliest claimed: 2004-02-24
- Assignees: LG Electronics Inc.
- Applicants: LG Electronics Inc.
- Inventors: Sang-Cheol Shin
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US9437248B2

## CPC

- G11B 27/30: on the same track as the main recording
- G11B 27/34: Indicating arrangements {(indicating means incorporated in magazine or cassette G11B23/046 and G11B23/0875; indicating measured values in general G01D)}
- H04N 5/77: between a recording apparatus and a television camera
- H04N 5/91: Television signal processing therefor
- H04N 7/147: {Communication arrangements, e.g. identifying the communication as a video-communication, intermediate storage of the signals (selecting H04Q)}
- H04N 21/23106: {involving caching operations (prefetching while addressing of a memory level in which the access to the desired data or data block requires associative addressing means within memory systems or architectures G06F12/0862; caching at an intermediate stage in a data network H04L67/568)}
- H04N 21/41407: {embedded in a portable device, e.g. video client on a mobile phone, PDA, laptop (constructional details of equipment or arrangements specially adapted for portable computer application G06F1/1626; arrangements specially adapted for mobile receivers in broadcast systems H04H20/57)}
- H04N 21/4331: {Caching operations, e.g. of an advertisement for later insertion during playback}
- H04N 21/43637: {involving a wireless protocol, e.g. Bluetooth®, RF or wireless LAN [IEEE 802.11] (arrangements for wireless networking or broadcasting of information in indoor or near-field type systems H04B10/114)}
- H04N 21/6131: {involving transmission via a mobile phone network (wireless downlink channel access H04W74/006)}
- H04N 21/6181: {involving transmission via a mobile phone network (arrangements for providing broadcast or conference services to substation in data switching networks in combination with wireless systems H04L12/189; wireless uplink channel access H04W74/004)}
- G11B: INFORMATION STORAGE BASED ON RELATIVE MOVEMENT BETWEEN RECORD CARRIER AND TRANSDUCER (recording measured values in a way that does not require playback through a transducer G01D9/00; recording or playback apparatus using mechanically marked tape, e.g. punched paper tape, or using unit records, e.g. punched or magnetically marked cards G06K; transferring data from one type of record carrier to another G06K1/18; circuits for coupling output of reproducer to radio receiver H04B1/20; gramophone pick-ups or like acoustic electromechanical transducers or circuits therefor H04R)
- H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION

## Abstract

An apparatus and method for transmitting video data to a receiving terminal is disclosed. The apparatus comprises an event processing unit for outputting a signal to store a selected portion of the video data that is currently being reproduced, a video data reproduction unit for receiving the signal from the event processing unit and storing the selected portion of the video data that is currently being reproduced in response to the outputted signal while reproducing the video data. A message transmission unit is further provided for attaching the stored selected portion of the video data that is currently being reproduced to a message and transmitting the message to the receiving terminal. A data storage unit stores the video data and the selected portion of the video data.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A mobile terminal comprising:
a data storage unit configured to store video data;
a display;
a communication unit configured to communicate signals; and
a controller configured to:
cause the display to display the stored video data in response to a first input;
designate a start position in response to a second input received while the video data is displayed, the start position corresponding to a position in the video data that is displayed at a time when the second input is received, wherein the video data is displayed without interruption after receiving the second input;
specify a partial portion of the video data from the start position to a stop position in response to a third input received while the video data is displayed, the stop position corresponding to a position in the video data that is displayed at a time when the third input is received;
cause the data storage unit to store the specified partial portion;
cause the display to pause the displaying of the video data at the stop position when the storing of the specified partial portion is completed;
cause the data storage unit to store information related to the stop position;
cause the communication unit to transmit a message that includes the specified partial portion of the video data to a receiving terminal; and
automatically resume the displaying of the video data from the stop position after the message is transmitted based on the information related to the stop position.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to attach the stored partial portion of the video data to the message prior to the transmission of the message.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The mobile terminal of claim 2, wherein the controller is further configured to delete the specified partial portion of the video data from the data storage unit upon completing the transmission of the message including the specified partial portion of the video data.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The mobile terminal of claim 1, further comprising an output unit, wherein the controller is further configured to cause the output unit to notify completion of the message transmission at least visually or audibly when the transmission of the message is completed.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The mobile terminal of claim 1, further comprising an input unit configured to receive the first input, the second input, and the third input.

### Claim 6 (depends on 5)

The mobile terminal of claim 5, wherein:
the input unit comprises a first key, a second key, and a third key;
the first input is received via the first key;
the second input is received via the second key; and
the third input is received via the third key.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the communication unit is further configured to transmit a text message, an image file, and an audio file.

### Claim 8 (depends on 1)

The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the terminal is configured for at least for Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) or Wideband CDMA (WCDMA).

### Claim 9 (depends on 1)

The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the communication unit is equipped with wired and wireless communication capabilities.

### Claim 10

A method of manipulating video data at a mobile terminal, the method comprising:
storing video data in a data storage unit of the mobile terminal;
displaying the stored video data on a display in response to a first input;
designating a start position in response to a second input received while the video data is displayed, the start position corresponding to a position in the video data that is displayed at a time when the second input is received, wherein the video data is displayed without interruption after receiving the second input;
specifying a partial portion of the video data from the start position to a stop position in response to a third input received while the video data is displayed, the stop position corresponding to a position in the video data that is displayed at a time when the third input is received;
pausing the displaying of the video data at the stop position;
storing information related to the stop position in the data storage unit;
transmitting a message that includes the specified partial portion of the video data to a receiving terminal; and
automatically resuming the displaying of the video data from the stop position after the message is transmitted based on the information related to the stop position.

### Claim 11 (depends on 10)

The method of claim 10, further comprising attaching the stored partial portion of the video data to the message prior to the transmission of the message.

### Claim 12 (depends on 11)

The method of claim 11, further comprising deleting the specified partial portion of the video data upon completing the transmission of the message including the specified partial portion of the video data.

### Claim 13 (depends on 10)

The method of claim 10, further comprising notifying completion of the message transmission at least visually or audibly when the transmission of the message is completed.

### Claim 14

A mobile terminal comprising:
a data storage unit configured to store video data;
a display;
an input unit configured to receive user input;
a communication unit configured to communicate signals; and
a controller configured to:
activate a video mode in response to a first input received via the user input;
in the video mode, cause the display to reproduce the video data in response to a second input received via the user input;
in the video mode, designate a start position in response to a third input received while the video data is reproduced, the start position corresponding to a position in the video data that is displayed at a time when the third input is received, wherein the video data is reproduced without interruption after receiving the third input;
in the video mode, specify a partial portion of the video data from the start position to a stop position in response to a fourth input received via the user input during the reproducing of the video data, the stop position corresponding to a position in the video data that is displayed at a time when the third input is received;
in the video mode, cause storing of the specified partial portion of the video data and information related to the stop position in the data storage unit;
cause the display to pause the reproducing of the video data at the stop position when the storing of the specified partial portion is completed;
activate a message mode to include the stored partial portion of the video data in a message to be transmitted;
switch from the video mode to the message mode, including the stored partial portion of the video data in the message;
in the message mode, cause the communication unit to transmit the message that includes the specified partial portion of the video data to a receiving terminal; and
automatically switch from the message mode to the video mode and resume the reproducing of the video data from the stop position after the message is transmitted based on the information related to the stop position,
wherein the first input is received prior to the second input that is received prior to the third input.

### Claim 15 (depends on 14)

The mobile terminal of claim 14, wherein:
the input unit comprises a first key, a second key, and a third key;
the first input is received via the first key;
the second input is received via the second key; and
the third input is received via the third key.