Electronic Equipment for a Communication System
First Claim
1. Electronic equipment for a communication system enabling video calls, comprisingdetecting means for detecting a signal to establish a video call via a communication link;
- determining means for determining the party to which the video call has to be established;
means for searching, in a database, for information indicating the capability of said party with respect to the video call;
means for defining, for the electronic equipment, specifications for said video call based on said information;
means for initialling the electronic equipment according to said specifications; and
means for transmitting, during establishment of the video call, electronic equipment information indicating the capability of said electronic equipment or a usage command ordering the party to use electronic equipment information previously stored by said party,whereby said means is adapted to transmit electronic equipment information to said party depending on the response of said party to said usage command during the establishment of the video call.
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a method and an electronic equipment for reducing the set-up time required to establish video calls between handheld communication devices, wherein the method comprises the steps of detecting (16, S1) a signal to establish a video call via a communication link, determining (16, 30) the party to which the video call has to be established, searching, in a data base (30), for information indicating the capability of the party with respect to the video call, defining, for the electronic equipment (1), specifications for the video call based on the information, and initialling the electronic equipment (1) according to the specifications. By storing the negotiated result of a previous video call between communication devices, no further negotiation is necessary in the following video calls. The calling device can start its camera (8) and load its codecs during the calling phase and the called device can do it after receiving the set-up message from the network.
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1. Electronic equipment for a communication system enabling video calls, comprising
detecting means for detecting a signal to establish a video call via a communication link; -
determining means for determining the party to which the video call has to be established; means for searching, in a database, for information indicating the capability of said party with respect to the video call; means for defining, for the electronic equipment, specifications for said video call based on said information; means for initialling the electronic equipment according to said specifications; and means for transmitting, during establishment of the video call, electronic equipment information indicating the capability of said electronic equipment or a usage command ordering the party to use electronic equipment information previously stored by said party, whereby said means is adapted to transmit electronic equipment information to said party depending on the response of said party to said usage command during the establishment of the video call. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A method for an electronic equipment enabling video calls in a communication system, comprising the steps of:
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detecting a signal to establish a video call via a communication link; determining the party to which the video call has to be established; searching, in a database, for information indicating the capability of said party with respect to the video call; defining, for the electronic equipment, specifications for said video call based on said information; initialling the electronic equipment according to said specifications and transmitting, during establishment of a video call, electronic equipment information indicating the capability of said electronic equipment or a usage command ordering the party to use electronic equipment information previously stored by said party, whereby said electronic equipment information is transmitted to said party depending on the response of said party to said usage command during the establishment of the video call. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9)
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Specification