Method for sending and receiving video images

• US 5,559,868 A
• Filed: 08/30/1993
• Issued: 09/24/1996
• Est. Priority Date: 08/30/1993
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Lucent Technologies, Inc. (Nokia Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Lucent Technologies, Inc. (Nokia Corporation)
• Inventors: Blonder, Greg E.
• Primary Examiner(s): Chan, Jason
• Application Number:
  US08/113,935
• Time in Patent Office: 1,121 Days
• Field of Search: 379/93, 379/94, 379/96, 379/97, 379/98, 379/100, 379/142, 379/245, 379/246, 379/247, 379/53, 379/201, 379/202, 348/13, 348/14, 348/16-19, 455/5.1, 364/479, 364/518, 375/357
• US Class Current: 379/93.23
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 20/28 Arrangements for simultaneous broadcast of plural pieces of information
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/576 associated with a pictorial or graphical representation
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2201/38 Displays
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2203/2038 Call context notifications
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2203/654 Pre, in or post-call message
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42042 Notifying the called party of information on the calling party details within substation equipment H04M1/57, signalling details H04Q3/72
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42382 Text-based messaging services in telephone networks such as PSTN/ISDN, e.g. User-to-User Signalling or Short Message Service for fixed networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/436 Arrangements for screening incoming calls , i.e. evaluating the characteristics of a call before deciding whether to answer it based on the calling party profile H04M3/42059; based on location H04M3/42348; based on presence H04M3/42365; diversion H04M3/54
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/493 Interactive information services, e.g. directory enquiries ; Arrangements therefor, e.g. interactive voice response [IVR] systems or voice portals
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/147 Communication arrangements, e.g. identifying the communication as a video-communication, intermediate storage of the signals selecting H04Q
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 11/0428 Integrated services digital network, i.e. systems for transmission of different types of digitised signals, e.g. speech, data, telecentral, television signals
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 11/0457 Connection protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2213/13174 Data transmission, file transfer
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2213/13176 Common channel signaling, CCS7
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2213/13204 Protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2213/13209 ISDN
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2213/13337 Picturephone, videotelephony
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2213/13396 Signaling in general, in-band signalling

Abstract

A method for sending and displaying customized video images with telecommunications devices is disclosed. In one embodiment of the invention, a video-caller identification scheme is described in which in-band signalling is used to transmit video data.

Claims

1. In a telecommunications network connecting a first telecommunications device to a second telecommunications device, a method of selectively switching to in-band signaling between said first and second telecommunications devices, said method comprising the steps of:

initiating a communication between said first telecommunications device and said second telecommunications device,

sending a first signal from said first telecommunications device to said second telecommunications device,

displaying via said second telecommunications device a first icon represented by said first signal,

sending a second signal from said second telecommunications device to said first telecommunications device, said second signal representing a second icon, and

thereafter selectively switching said first telecommunications device and said second telecommunications device to in-band signaling based on said first icon.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein said first signal is recorded.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein said first icon identifies a user of said first telecommunications device.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein said telecommunications network is a public switched telephone network.