VARIABLE BANDWIDTH COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS
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Abstract
A variable bandwidth communication system includes a first and a second communication station, coupled for continuous, bidirectional communication. The first communication station is capable of transmitting at a first and a second bandwidth, and is capable of receiving at a third and a fourth bandwidth. The second communication station is capable of receiving at the first and second bandwidth and is capable of transmitting at the third and fourth bandwidth. The transmitting bandwidth of each station is selectable by the user. The second bandwidth is greater than the first and the fourth bandwidth is greater than the third. Preferably, but not necessarily, the first and third bandwidth like the second and fourth bandwidth are about the same. The first communication system can display communication received at the fourth bandwidth at the first bandwidth, and the second communication system can display communications received at the second bandwidth at the third bandwidth.
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34 Claims
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15. A communication device, the device comprising:
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a data processor;
a transmission component coupled to the data processor, wherein the transmission component includes a transmit bandwidth;
a reception component coupled to the data processor;
a data output component coupled to the data processor;
an audio and video capture component coupled to the data processor, the audio and video capture component capturing audio information, video information or both audio and video information associated with a user; and
a user-selectable transmit control configured to set the transmit bandwidth from a range between a high setting of transmitting real-time audio and video and a low setting of not transmitting information, the range further including;
a setting of transmitting a dynamic avatar animation derived from data from the audio and video capture component; and
a setting of transmitting a dynamic pure abstract animation derived from data from the audio and video capture component, such that a remote user is provided with an indication of the user'"'"'s desire to communicate before the remote user establishes a two-way communication link with the user. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. A method of enabling communication between multiple users, the method comprising:
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capturing information associated with a user;
receiving a user-selected level of privacy;
processing the information to produce transmit information based on the use-selected level of privacy, wherein the transmit information comprises one of the group of real-time video information, cartooned video information, reduced resolution video information, audio information, haptic information, and abstract representation information; and
transmitting the transmit information to a remote user, such that the remote user is provided with an indication of the user'"'"'s status before the remote user establishes a two-way communication link with the user. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30)
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31. A communication device, the device comprising:
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capture means for capturing video data associated with a user;
process means for processing the captured video data associated with the user;
user-configurable means for configuring the processing means from a range between a high setting of processing the captured video data associated with the user to produce real-time video and a low setting of processing the captured video data associated with the user to not produce information, the range further including an intermediate range comprising processing the captured video data associated with the user to produce a dynamic avatar animation; and
transmit means for transmitting the processed captured data associated with the user, such that a remote user is provided with an indication of the user'"'"'s status before the remote user performs a next action associated with the user. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33, 34)
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