Apparatus and method for transmitting video data from a mobile communication terminal

• US 20050188414A1
• Filed: 02/23/2005
• Published: 08/25/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 02/24/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Shin, Sang-Cheol
• Granted Patent: US 8,261,311 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 725/115
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/30 on the same track as the main recording
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/34 Indicating arrangements indicating means incorporated in magazine or cassette G11B23/046 and G11B23/0875; indicating measured values in general G01D
• CPC Class Codes: 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
• CPC Class Codes: 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
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4331 Caching operations, e.g. of an advertisement for later insertion during playback
• CPC Class Codes: 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
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6131 involving transmission via a mobile phone network wireless downlink channel access H04W74/006
• CPC Class Codes: 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
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/77 between a recording apparatus and a television camera
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/91 Television signal processing therefor
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/147 Communication arrangements, e.g. identifying the communication as a video-communication, intermediate storage of the signals selecting H04Q

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

1. An apparatus for transmitting video data to a receiving terminal, the apparatus comprising:

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 output from the event processing unit and storing the selected portion of the video data that is currently being reproduced in response to the signal while reproducing the video data;

a message transmission unit 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; and

a data storage unit for storing the video data and the selected portion of the video data that is currently being reproduced.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the selected portion of the video data is designated by a user.

3. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the video data reproduction unit temporarily stops reproducing the video data upon completion of storing the selected portion of the video data currently being reproduced.

4. The apparatus of claim 3, wherein the video data production unit stores stop position information of the video data currently being reproduced in the data storage unit.

5. The apparatus of claim 3, wherein the video data reproduction unit completes message transmission and deletes the stored selected portion of the video data currently being reproduced.

6. The apparatus of claim 5, wherein the video data reproduction unit reproduces the video data that is currently being reproduced based on stored stop position information of the video data.

7. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the event processing unit notifies the video data reproduction unit and the message transmission unit of the occurrence of an event.

8. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein the event is one of a video data reproduction start event, a video data storage start event, and a video data storage termination event.

9. A method of transmitting video data to a receiving terminal, the method comprising:

storing a selected portion of the video data while the video data is being reproduced;

attaching the stored selected portion of video data to a message; and

transmitting the message to the receiving terminal.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein storing the selected portion further comprises:

designating a start position for storing the selected portion of the video data; and

storing the video data from the start position.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein storing the selected portion further comprises:

designating a stop position for storing the selected portion of the video data; and

terminating the storing of video data at the stop position.

12. The method of claim 9, further comprising stopping reproduction of the video data temporarily.

13. The method of claim 10, further comprising storing received position information of the video data that is currently being reproduced in response to completing storage of the selected portion of the video data.

14. The method of claim 12, further comprising resuming reproduction of the video data from a stop position based on information of the video data that is currently being reproduced.

15. The method of claim 9, further comprising deleting the selected portion of the video data that has been stored upon completing transmission of the message.

16. The method of claim 9, further comprising providing notification of a user initiated event.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein the event is one of a video data reproduction start event, a video data storage start event, and a video data storage termination event.

18. An apparatus for transmitting video data from a terminal, the apparatus comprising:

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 storing the selected portion of the video data that is currently being reproduced based on the signal from the event processing unit while the video data is being reproduced;

a message transmission unit for attaching the stored selected portion of the video data to a message and transmitting the message to a receiving terminal; and

a data storage unit for storing the video data and the selected portion of the video data,

wherein the selected portion of the video data is designated by a user, the video data reproduction unit temporarily stops reproducing the video data and stores stop position information of the video data in the data storage unit upon completion of storing of the selected portion of the video data, and

the video data reproduction unit completes message transmission and deletes the stored selected portion of the video data.

19. The apparatus of claim 18, wherein the event processing unit notifies the video data reproduction unit and the message transmission unit of an event.

20. The apparatus of claim 19, wherein the event is one of a video data reproduction start event, a video data storage start event, and a video data storage termination event.

21. The apparatus of claim 18, wherein the video data reproduction unit resumes reproducing the video data from the stop position information in response to information of the video data currently being reproduced.