Configuring output on a communication device

• US 7,930,409 B2
• Filed: 02/23/2006
• Issued: 04/19/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 02/23/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Meta Platforms, Inc. (f/k/a Facebook, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: AOL Inc. (Apollo Global Management, Inc.)
• Inventors: Shitrit, Danny Ben
• Primary Examiner(s): Chan; Wing F
• Assistant Examiner(s): PATEL, HITESHKUMAR R
• Application Number:
  US11/359,750
• Publication Number:
  US 20080215711A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,881 Days
• Field of Search: 709/220, 709/224, 709/223, 709/228, 713/100, 715/771
• US Class Current: 709/228
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/957 Browsing optimisation, e.g. caching or content distillation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0484 for the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or manipulating an object, an image or a displayed text element, setting a parameter value or selecting a range
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0813 characterised by the conditions triggering a change of settings
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/16 Threshold monitoring
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1059 End-user terminal functionalities specially adapted for real-time communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1069 Session establishment or de-establishment
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/04 specially adapted for terminals or networks with limited capabilities; specially adapted for terminal portability
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/40 Network security protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/141 between two video terminals, e.g. videophone telephonic communication systems combined with television receiver for reception of entertainment or information matter H04M11/085
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/02 Terminal devices

Abstract

In one general sense, display of content communicated by a sender communication device to a destination communication device may be enabled by receiving, at a destination communication device, content to be displayed by the destination communication device. Characteristics of a display of the received content by the destination communication device may be algorithmically identified in accordance with display configuration settings for the destination communication device. Based on the identified characteristics, at least one change to be made to capture configuration settings at a capturing communication device used to capture the received content may be identified. At least one alternative capture configuration setting may be communicated to the capturing communication device. Content that is captured by the capturing communication device is received at the destination communications device based on the alternative capture configuration setting communicated.

Claims

1. A method of enabling display of content communicated by a sender communication device to a destination communication device, the method comprising:

receiving, across a carrier communications network at a destination communication device, content to be displayed by the destination communication device, wherein receiving the content includes receiving the content in real-time as the content is captured on a capturing communications device;

algorithmically identifying information reflecting a condition in capture configuration settings which results in less perceptible content than one or more other available conditions in the capture configuration settings of the capture communication device;

identifying, based on the identified information, at least one change to be made to the capture configuration settings at the capturing communication device used to capture the received content;

communicating at least one alternative capture configuration setting to the capturing communication device; and

receiving, at the destination communication device, content that is captured by the capturing communication device based on the alternative capture configuration setting communicated.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein identifying the change to be made includes identifying a change to be made to sound parameters associated with input from a microphone at the capturing communication device, and wherein the alternative capture configuration setting includes an indication of the sound parameters associated with the microphone of the capturing communication device.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein identifying the change to be made to the sound parameters includes identifying a change to be made to input volume at a microphone at the capturing communication device, and wherein the alternative capture configuration setting includes an indication of the input volume of the microphone of the capturing communication device.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein identifying the change to be made includes identifying a change to be made to a camera setting for at least one of brightness, color or contrast at the capturing communication device, and wherein the alternative capture configuration setting includes an indication of the setting for at least one of brightness, color or contrast at the camera of the capturing communication device.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein identifying the change to be made includes identifying a change to be made to a camera setting for resolution at the capturing communication device, and wherein the alternative capture configuration setting includes an indication of the setting for resolution at the camera of the capturing communication device.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein identifying the change to be made includes identifying a change to be made to a camera angle at the capturing communication device, and wherein the alternative capture configuration setting includes an indication of the setting for camera angle of the capturing communication device.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein identifying the change to be made includes identifying a change to be made to a camera zoom at the capturing communication device, and wherein the alternative capture configuration setting includes an indication of the setting for camera zoom of the capturing communication device.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the information is determined by the destination communication device.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein identifying the alternative capture configuration setting comprises:

analyzing the identified display configuration settings and information related to the received content; and

determining at least one change to be made to the capture configuration settings based on analysis results.

10. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

displaying, at the destination communication device, the information reflecting a condition in the capture configuration settings which results in less perceptible content than one or more other available conditions in the capture configuration settings of the capture communication device.

11. The method of claim 10, further comprising:

displaying a selectable option that enables, based on user selection of the option; and

reconfiguring of the capture configuration settings with at least one alternative capture configuration setting.

26. The method of claim 1 wherein communicating the at least one alternative capture configuration setting to the capturing communication device includes communicating the at least one alternative capture configuration setting in response to receiving a behavior synopsis that includes a categorization of how a user exhibits certain behaviors with respect to the communications application.

12. A method of enabling rendering of content communicated by a sender communication device to a destination communication device, the method comprising:

receiving, across a carrier communications network at a destination communication device, content to be displayed by the destination communication device, wherein receiving the content includes receiving the content in real-time as the content is captured on a capturing communications device;

identifying rendering configuration settings that control the manner in which the received content is rendered by the destination communication device;

identifying at least one alternative rendering configuration setting to be used by the destination communication device in rendering the received content, the alternative rendering configuration setting being identified as better able to render the received content based on analysis of information provided with the received content or of characteristics to be rendered; and

reconfiguring the rendering configuration settings for rendering the received content based on the identified alternative rendering configuration setting.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein identifying the alternative rendering configuration setting includes identifying image attributes to be used by the destination communication device in displaying the received content.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein identifying image attributes comprises identifying a picture brightness, color or contrast to be used by the destination communication device when displaying the received content.

15. The method of claim 13, wherein identifying image attributes comprises identifying a picture display size to be used by the destination communication device when displaying the received content.

16. The method of claim 13, wherein identifying image attributes comprises identifying a picture resolution to be used by the destination communication device when displaying the received content.

17. The method of claim 13, wherein identifying image attributes comprises identifying a picture size to be used by the destination communication device when displaying the received content.

18. The method of claim 13, wherein identifying image attributes comprises identifying a picture zoom to be used by the destination communication device when displaying the received content.

19. The method of claim 12, wherein identifying the alternative rendering configuration setting includes identifying an alternative volume to be used by the destination communication device when outputting audio of the received content.

20. The method of claim 12, wherein identifying the alternative rendering configuration setting comprises:

analyzing the identified rendering configuration settings and information related to the received content; and

determining at least one change to be made to the rendering configuration settings based on analysis results.

21. The method of claim 12, wherein identifying the alternative rendering configuration setting comprises receiving the alternative configuration setting from another device.

22. The method of claim 21, wherein the alternative rendering configuration setting is received with the received content.

23. The method of claim 12, further comprising:

displaying information reflecting a condition in the rendering configuration settings which results in less perceptible content than one or more other possible conditions in the rendering configuration settings of the destination communication device.

24. The method of claim 23, further comprising:

displaying a selectable option that enables, based on user selection of the option, reconfiguring of the display with at least one alternative display configuration setting.

25. The method of claim 12 further comprising identifying, based on the received content, at least one alternative rendering configuration setting to be used by the destination communication device in rendering the received content.