SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING INTEGRATED VIDEO COMMUNICATION APPLICATIONS ON A MOBILE COMPUTING DEVICE

• US 20120019610A1
• Filed: 06/29/2011
• Published: 01/26/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 04/28/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Qualcomm, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Qualcomm, Inc.
• Inventors: Hornyak, Matthew, Vogel, Bradford, Wolf, Lucas, Goto, Anthony, Kodama, Justin
• Granted Patent: US 8,786,664 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 348/14.02
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/2535 adapted for voice communication over an Internet Protocol [IP] network Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) network equipment and services H04M7/006; implementation or adaptation of Internet protocol [IP], of transmission control protocol [TCP] or of user datagram protocol [UDP] H04L69/16
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/2745 using static electronic memories, e.g. chips
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/27453 Directories allowing storage of additional subscriber data, e.g. metadata
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/2748 by matching character strings
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72403 with means for local support of applications that increase the functionality
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/7243 with interactive means for internal management of messages
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72469 for operating the device by selecting functions from two or more displayed items, e.g. menus or icons
• 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 21/4316 for displaying supplemental content in a region of the screen, e.g. an advertisement in a separate window
• 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

Abstract

A system and method for operating a mobile computing device is disclosed. A processor for the mobile computing device is configured to present a user interface for a core application of the mobile computing device. The user interface enables a user to select a third party communication application from the user interface of the core application. The selected third party communication application is executed to enable the user to initiate a communication session with another user using the services of the selected third party communication application.

Claims

1. A method for operating a mobile computing device, the method being performed by one or more processors comprising:

executing a core application to present a user interface for the core application;

presenting, with the user interface, one or more user interface features for operating a third party communication application from the core application; and

executing the selected third party communication application in response to user interaction with the one or more user interface features.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein executing the selected third party communication application includes disabling or suppressing some of the user interface features of the selected third party communication application, unless the third party application is executed independent of the core application.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more third party communication applications includes one or more video communication applications, and wherein the communication session is a video communication session.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the user interface provides a selectable graphic representation for each of the one or more third party communication applications.

5. The method of claim 4, further comprising:

enabling the user to switch from the video communication session to a voice communication session during a duration of the video communication session.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the core application is a:

(i) phone application, (ii) messaging application, (iii) contacts application, (iv) calendar application, or (v) search application.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the user interface corresponding to the phone application includes a call log that provides communication sessions initiated or received by the user using the one or more third party communication applications.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more third party communication applications uses a voice over packet protocol to enable the communication session.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more third party communication applications is downloaded from an application catalog by the user.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the one or more third party communication applications modifies the user interface for the core application.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the communication session is a voice communication session.

12. The method of claim 11, further comprising:

enabling the user to switch from the voice communication session to a video communication session during a duration of the voice communication session.

13. A mobile computing device comprising:

a display;

a memory resource for storing one or more third party communication applications and for storing one or more core applications; and

one or more processors configured to;

execute a core application to present a user interface for the core application;

present, with the user interface, one or more user interface features for operating a third party communication application from the core application; and

execute the selected third party communication application in response to user interaction with the one or more user interface features.

14. The mobile computing device of claim 13, wherein executing the selected third party communication application includes disabling or suppressing some of the user interface features of the selected third party communication application, unless the third party application is executed independent of the core application.

15. The mobile computing device of claim 13, wherein the one or more third party communication applications includes one or more video communication applications, and wherein the communication session is a video communication session.

16. The mobile computing device of claim 15, wherein the user interface provides a selectable graphic representation for each of the one or more third party communication applications.

17. The mobile computing device of claim 16, wherein the one or more processors is further configured to enable the user to switch from the video communication session to a voice communication session during a duration of the video communication call.

18. The mobile computing device of claim 13, wherein the core application is a:

(i) phone application, (ii) messaging application, (iii) contacts application, (iv) calendar application, or (v) search application.

19. The mobile computing device of claim 18, wherein the user interface corresponding to the phone application includes a call log that provides communication sessions initiated or received by the user using the one or more third party communication applications.

20. The mobile computing device of claim 13, wherein the one or more third party communication applications uses a voice over packet protocol to enable the communication session.