Portable terminal and method for providing video communication service using the same

• US 20080030571A1
• Filed: 04/17/2007
• Published: 02/07/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 04/18/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Kim, Jeong-Hoon
• Granted Patent: US 8,289,360 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 348/14.09
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/656 for recording conversations
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2201/50 Telephonic communication in combination with video communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42221 Conversation recording systems at the subscriber's set H04M1/656
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2368 Multiplexing of audio and video streams
• 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 21/4325 by playing back content from the storage medium reproduction of recorded television signals H04N5/76; reproduction of recorded television signals H04N9/79
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4331 Caching operations, e.g. of an advertisement for later insertion during playback
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4334 Recording operations recording of a television signal H04N5/76; arrangements for recording or accumulating broadcast information or broadcast-related information H04H60/27
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4341 Demultiplexing of audio and video streams
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4788 communicating with other users, e.g. chatting arrangements for providing for computer conferences, e.g. chat rooms, to substation in data switching networks H04L12/1813; distributed application using peer-to-peer [P2P] networks H04L67/104
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/14 Systems for two-way working H04N7/12, H04N7/173 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/17318 Direct or substantially direct transmission and handling of requests

Abstract

A method and portable terminal for providing a video communication service are disclosed, in which video and audio data transmitted or received during video communication are recorded and the video and audio data are stored into files by the portable terminal, the files are merged; and the merged files are played. The portable terminal can store images and voices of both users during video communication by successively storing video and audio data, which are transmitted or received, in response to a user'"'"'s key input and merging the video and audio data into a single file.

Claims

1. A method for providing a video communication service by using a portable terminal, the method comprising:

recording video and audio data at least one of transmitted and received during video communication;

storing the video and audio data into files by the portable terminal;

merging the files; and

playing the merged files.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein, in the recording of video and audio data, the video and audio data at least one of transmitted and received during video communication are recorded and stored as files in response to a key input.

3. The method as claimed in claim 2, wherein, in the recording of video and audio data, video and audio data to be transmitted to a terminal of a communication partner are recorded and stored as files in response to a first key input during the video communication.

4. The method as claimed in claim 3, wherein the first key is preset for recording video and audio data to be transmitted to the terminal of the communication partner.

5. The method as claimed in claim 3, wherein, in the recording of video and audio data, recording of the video and audio data is terminated in response to an additional first key input while the video and audio data are recorded.

6. The method as claimed in claim 2, wherein, in the recording of video and audio data, video and audio data received from a terminal of a communication partner are recorded and stored as files in response to a second key input during the video communication.

7. The method as claimed in claim 6, wherein the second key is preset for recording video and audio data received from the terminal of the communication partner.

8. The method as claimed in claim 6, wherein, in the recording of video and audio data, recording of the video and audio data is terminated in response to an additional second key input while the video and audio data are recorded.

9. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein, in the merging of the files, the files are merged into a file when the video communication is terminated.

12. The portable terminal as claimed in claim 1-1, wherein the control unit is adapted to record the transmitted and received video and audio data and store recorded video and audio data in the memory in response to a key input of the key input unit.

13. The portable terminal as claimed in claim 12, wherein the control unit is adapted to record video and audio data to be transmitted to a terminal of a communication partner and store recorded video and audio data in the memory in response to a first key input during the video communication.

14. The portable terminal as claimed in claim 13, wherein the first key is preset in the key input unit to record video and audio data to be transmitted to the terminal of the communication partner.

15. The portable terminal as claimed in claim 13, wherein the control unit is adapted to terminate recording of the video and audio data in response to additional input via the first key while the video and audio data are recorded.

16. The portable terminal as claimed in claim 12, wherein the control unit is adapted to record video and audio data received from a terminal of a communication partner and store recorded video and audio data in the memory in response to a second key input during the video communication.

17. The portable terminal as claimed in claim 16, wherein the second key is preset in the key input unit to record video and audio data received from the terminal of the communication partner.

18. The portable terminal as claimed in claim 16, wherein the control unit is adapted to terminate recording of the video and audio data in response to an additional input via the second key while the video and audio data are recorded.

10. A portable terminal for providing video communication, comprising:

a communication transceiver unit for transmitting and receiving video and audio data during video communication;

a memory for storing transmitted and received video and audio data;

a control unit for recording the transmitted and received video and audio data, storing recorded video and audio data in the memory as files, and merging the files stored in the memory; and

an output unit for playing merged files under control of the control unit.

11. The portable terminal as claimed in claim 10, further comprising a key input unit for receiving input of a key operation signal from a user and outputting the key operation signal to the control unit.

19. The portable terminal as claimed in claim 10, wherein the control unit is adapted to merge the files stored in the memory into a file when the video communication is terminated.