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US 9,794,512 B2Granted
Apparatus and method for simultaneous live recording through and projecting live video images onto an interactive touch screen
AssigneeThe Supergroup Creative Omnimedia, Inc.
InventorsJohn Bradford Lewis, John Gabriel Aldridge, John Michael Preziotti, Christopher Blaine Wallace
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Abstract
A system and method for point to point video enable communication and the provisioning of at least one commodity. The communication between two remote devices may include both video and audio and may be activated by use of at least one touch screen associated with a device for provisioning the at least one commodity, such as, for example, a vending machine.
Claims11
A method of facilitating communicating between two remote locations, comprising:
- recording through a screen a first video stream through a first device in accordance with a first indication wherein the first indication is indicative of at least one interaction by a first user with the first device;
- receiving at the first device a second video stream recorded at a second device in accordance with a second indication wherein the second indication is indicative of at least one interaction by a second user with the second device;
- displaying on the screen the second video stream;
- and
- providing at least one good at one or both of the first device and second device in accordance with the second indication,
- wherein the first device is remote from the second device, and
- wherein the recording of the first video stream is alternated with the displaying of the second video stream and the alternating comprises displaying of an opaque image correspondent to at least one frame of the second video stream.
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An apparatus for facilitating communicating between two remote locations, comprising:
- a first recording device;
- a second recording device;
- a processor to execute instructions stored in a storage device to perform the steps of:
- recording through a screen a first video stream through the first device in accordance with a first indication wherein the first indication is indicative of at least one interaction by a first user with the first device,
- receiving at the first device a second video stream recorded at the second device in accordance with a second indication wherein the second indication is indicative of at least one interaction by a second user with the second device,
- displaying on the screen the second video stream and
- providing at least one object at one or both of the first device and second device in accordance with the second indication,
- wherein the first device is remote from the second device;
- and
- wherein the recording of the first video stream is alternated with the displaying of the second video stream and the alternating comprises displaying of an opaque image correspondent to at least one frame of the second video stream.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.