Portable telephone for conveying real time walkie-talkie streaming audio-video
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1. A communications device comprising:
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an integral camera;
a memory for storing a buddy list of members possessing enhanced communications devices having video receive capability;
a user interface coupled to the memory, the user interface allowing user selection of a member from the buddy list; and
a user status interface to the memory and to the user interface, the user status interface operable for determining an availability status of the member selected by the user interface and operable for causing an indication of said status to be displayed on the display of the communications device,wherein the communications device is provided with a walkie-talkie mode, and supports half-duplex communications in the walkie-talkie mode for conveying real time streaming audio-video to at least one receiving device.
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Abstract
A communications device having a display and an integral camera and being provided with a walkie-talkie mode for conveying real time streaming audio-video to one or more receiving devices.
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15 Claims
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1. A communications device comprising:
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a display; an integral camera; a memory for storing a buddy list of members possessing enhanced communications devices having video receive capability; a user interface coupled to the memory, the user interface allowing user selection of a member from the buddy list; and a user status interface to the memory and to the user interface, the user status interface operable for determining an availability status of the member selected by the user interface and operable for causing an indication of said status to be displayed on the display of the communications device, wherein the communications device is provided with a walkie-talkie mode, and supports half-duplex communications in the walkie-talkie mode for conveying real time streaming audio-video to at least one receiving device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A server for use in a telephone communications system, said server comprising:
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a first interface adapted for coupling to a first communications device, the first communications device comprises a display and an integral camera and is provided with a walkie-talkie mode for conveying real time streaming video to the server, and a second interface adapted to convey said real time streaming video and audio to a second communications device coupled to the second interface, the second communications device comprises a display adapted to display the conveyed real time streaming video, and a third interface coupled to a presence server, for receiving data therefrom indicative of an availability status of a selected party and for conveying representative data to the first communications device. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10)
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11. A real-time audio-video communications system comprising:
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a source client; a target client; a protocol converter coupled to the source client and to the target client via an access network; and a server coupled to the protocol converter and via the access network to the source client and to the target client, wherein the source client and the target client are provided with a display and a walkie-talkie actuator, wherein at least one of the source client and the target client is provided with an integral camera, wherein the server is adapted to convey real time streaming audio-video to the source client and the target client, wherein the server is adapted to receive real time streaming video from the at least one of the source client and the target client, wherein a client providing the real time streaming video includes an integral camera and provides the real time streaming video in a walkie-talkie mode, and wherein the source client, the target client, and the server support half-duplex communication in the walkie-talkie mode. - View Dependent Claims (12)
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13. A server for use in a telephone communications system, the server comprising:
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a first interface means for coupling to a first communications device, the first communications device comprises a display and an integral camera and is provided with a walkie-talkie mode for conveying real time streaming video to the server, and a second interface means for conveying said real time streaming video and audio to a second communications device coupled to the second interface, the second communications device comprises a display adapted to display the conveyed real time streaming video and audio, wherein the server and the first communications device support half-duplex communication in the walkie-talkie mode.
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14. A method for conveying real time streaming audio-video in a communications network, the method comprising:
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converting speech and video image of a source communications device using audio codec and video codec into the real time streaming audio-video; selecting by a source communications device at least one target communications device; and transmitting via a server the real time streaming audio-video to the at least one selected target communications device, wherein; the source and target communications devices support a walkie-talkie mode, the real time streaming audio-video is transmitted in the walkie-talkie mode, and the source and target communications devices support half-duplex communication in the walkie-talkie mode. - View Dependent Claims (15)
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