DECENTRALIZED SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR VOICE AND VIDEO SESSIONS
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Abstract
A wireless communicator, including a modular communicator, including a communicator controller, a modem coupled with the communicator controller for sending and receiving data under instruction of the communicator controller, and a connector coupled with the communicator controller for transmitting signals between the modular communicator and a jacket device under instruction of the communicator controller, and a plurality of jacket devices, each jacket device including a housing comprising a cavity into which the modular communicator is inserted, a jacket controller mounted in the housing, a connector coupled with the jacket controller for transmitting signals between the jacket device and the modular communicator under instruction of the jacket controller, a user interface mounted on the housing and coupled with the jacket controller for performing on-line communication functions via the modem, and for performing at least one off-line activity via the jacket controller, and a usage monitor mounted in the housing and coupled with the jacket controller for monitoring off-line activity usage, wherein the jacket controller notifies the communicator controller when the amount of off-line usage monitored by the usage monitor exceeds a pre-designated threshold, and wherein the communicator controller instructs the modem to transmit an off-line usage report to a remote computer.
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3. Video communication apparatus, comprising:
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a display receiver for receiving video data from an internet telephony service over a communication channel; a display screen for playing the video data received by said display receiver; a wireless module for communication with a remote handset; and a processor configured to coordinate playing of the received video data on said display screen in synchronization with playing, by the handset, of related audio data received by the handset from the internet telephony service. - View Dependent Claims (4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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