VIDEO COMMUNICATION DEVICE, VIDEO COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND VIDEO COMMUNICATION MEDIATING METHOD
First Claim
1. A video communication method, comprising:
- establishing a first video communication session with a first terminal;
consecutively receiving images or sounds from the first terminal through the first video communication session;
examining at least a portion of images or sounds received in a recent specific time duration among the received images or sounds; and
blocking an output of at least a portion of the received images or sounds or reporting a user of the first terminal as an abusive user to a first server according to a result of the examining.
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Abstract
One or more embodiment relates to a video communication device, video communication method, and a video communication mediating method, which are capable of preventing a user in a video communication from being exposed to an inappropriate image or sound from the other party. One or more embodiment may provide a video communication method comprising establishing a first video communication session with a first terminal, consecutively receiving images or sounds from the first terminal through the first video communication session, examining at least a portion of images or sounds received in a period of recent specific time among the received images or sounds, and blocking an output of at least a portion of the received images or sounds or reporting a user of the first terminal as an abusive user to a first server according to the result of the examining.
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22 Claims
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1. A video communication method, comprising:
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establishing a first video communication session with a first terminal; consecutively receiving images or sounds from the first terminal through the first video communication session; examining at least a portion of images or sounds received in a recent specific time duration among the received images or sounds; and blocking an output of at least a portion of the received images or sounds or reporting a user of the first terminal as an abusive user to a first server according to a result of the examining. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 20)
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19. A video communication mediating method comprising:
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receiving, by a server, a mediation request from a plurality of terminals; mediating, by the server, a video communication connection between a first terminal and a second terminal among the plurality of terminals; receiving, by the server, a report from the first terminal, which indicates that a user of the first terminal or a user of the second terminal is an abusive user as a result of examination on an image of a surrounding area of the first terminal, captured by the first terminal, a sound from the surrounding area of the first terminal, recorded by the first terminal, an image received by the first terminal from the second terminal, or a sound received by the first terminal from the second terminal; mediating, by the server, a video communication connection between a terminal of the reported user and a terminal of a monitoring agent in response to the report; receiving, by the server, a result of verification on the reported user from the terminal of the monitoring agent; and rejecting, by the server, an additional mediation request from the reported user according to the received result of verification.
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21. A video communication device comprising:
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a communication interface configured to establish a video communication session with a terminal and consecutively receive images or sounds from the terminal through the video communication session; an output interface configured to consecutively output the received images or sounds; and a controller configured to examine at least a portion of the images or sounds received in a recent specific time duration, wherein according to a result of the examination, the controller controls the output interface to block an output of at least a portion of the received images or sounds or the communication interface to report a user of the terminal as an abusive user to a server.
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22. A video communication device comprising:
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an input interface configured to consecutively capture images of a surrounding area thereof or consecutively record sounds from the surrounding area; a communication interface configured to establish a video communication session with a terminal and consecutively transmit the captured images or recorded sounds to the terminal through the video communication session; and a controller configured to examine at least a portion of the images captured or the sounds recorded in a recent specific time duration among the captured images or recorded sounds, wherein according to a result of the examination, the communication interface blocks transmission of at least a portion of the captured images or the recorded sounds, or reports a user of the video communication device as an abusive user to a server.
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