CONFIGURING OUTPUT ON A COMMUNICATION DEVICE

• US 20110292160A1
• Filed: 04/06/2011
• Published: 12/01/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 02/23/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Meta Platforms, Inc. (f/k/a Facebook, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: AOL Inc. (Apollo Global Management, Inc.)
• Inventors: Shitrit, Danny Ben
• Granted Patent: US 8,694,655 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 348/14.02
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/957 Browsing optimisation, e.g. caching or content distillation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0484 for the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or manipulating an object, an image or a displayed text element, setting a parameter value or selecting a range
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0813 characterised by the conditions triggering a change of settings
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/16 Threshold monitoring
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1059 End-user terminal functionalities specially adapted for real-time communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1069 Session establishment or de-establishment
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/04 specially adapted for terminals or networks with limited capabilities; specially adapted for terminal portability
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/40 Network security protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/141 between two video terminals, e.g. videophone telephonic communication systems combined with television receiver for reception of entertainment or information matter H04M11/085
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/02 Terminal devices

Abstract

In one general sense, display of content communicated by a sender communication device to a destination communication device may be enabled by receiving, at a destination communication device, content to be displayed by the destination communication device. Characteristics of a display of the received content by the destination communication device may be algorithmically identified in accordance with display configuration settings for the destination communication device. Based on the identified characteristics, at least one change to be made to capture configuration settings at a capturing communication device used to capture the received content may be identified. At least one alternative capture configuration setting may be communicated to the capturing communication device. Content that is captured by the capturing communication device is received at the destination communications device based on the alternative capture configuration setting communicated.

Claims

1-25. -25. (canceled)

26. A method of providing video communications, the method comprising:

receiving a request to establish a video communication between a first user and a second user;

determining a state of at least one of the first user or the second user;

modifying display configuration settings for the video communication based on the determined state of the first user or the second user; and

displaying the video communication to the first user or the second user based on the modified display configuration settings.

27. The method of claim 26 wherein the determined state of the first user or the second user comprises an environment.

28. The method of claim 27 wherein the environment comprises a geographic location.

29. The method of claim 28 further comprising using a global positioning system to determine the geographic location.

30. The method of claim 27 further comprising using an IP address to determine the environment.

31. The method of claim 28 further comprising determining, with a wireless communication device establishing the video communication, the geographic location.

32. The method of claim 26 wherein determining the state of at least one of the first user or the second user comprises determining a noise level of an environment of at least one of the first user or the second user.

33. The method of claim 32 wherein modifying the display configuration settings for the video communication based on the determined state of the first user or the second user comprises using a set of display configuration settings previously used to compensate for the noise level of the environment of the first user or the second user.

34. A system for providing video communications, the system comprising:

an interface for receiving a request to establish a video communication between a first user and a second user;

a processor for determining a state of at least one of the first user or the second user and modifying display configuration settings for the video communication based on the determined state of the first user or the second user; and

a display for displaying the video communication to the first user or the second user based on the modified display configuration settings.

35. The system of claim 34 wherein the determined state of the first user or the second user comprises an environment.

36. The system of claim 35 wherein the environment comprises a geographic location.

37. The system of claim 36 wherein the processor determines the geographic location based on data from a global positioning system.

38. The system of claim 35 wherein the processor determines the environment based an IP address.

39. The system of claim 36 wherein a wireless communication device that establishes the video communication determines the location.

40. The system of claim 34 wherein the processor is further adapted to determine a noise level of an environment of at least one of the first user or the second user.

41. The system of claim 40 wherein the processor is further adapted to use a set of display configuration settings previously used to compensate for the noise level of the environment of the first user or the second user.

42. A computer-readable storage medium storing a set of instructions that, when executed by a processor, perform a method, the method comprising:

receiving a request to establish a video communication between a first user and a second user;

determining a state of at least one of the first user or the second user;

modifying display configuration settings for the video communication based on the determined state of the first user or the second user; and

displaying the video communication to the first user or the second user based on the modified display configuration settings.

43. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 42 wherein the determined state of the first user or the second user comprises an environment.

44. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 42 wherein determining the state of at least one of the first user or the second user comprises determining a noise level of an environment of at least one of the first user or the second user.

45. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 44 wherein modifying the display configuration settings for the video communication based on the determined state of the first user or the second user comprises using a set of display configuration settings previously used to compensate for the noise level of the environment of the first user or the second user.