Exchange of voice and video between two cellular or wireless telephones

• US 7,979,059 B2
• Filed: 09/15/2006
• Issued: 07/12/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 02/06/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Alfred G. Rockefeller, A. Zeki Erdin
• Original Assignee: Alfred G. Rockefeller, A. Zeki Erdin
• Inventors: Rockefeller, Alfred G., Erdin, A. Zeki
• Primary Examiner(s): MIZRAHI, DIANE D
• Application Number:
  US11/521,416
• Publication Number:
  US 20070182811A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,761 Days
• Field of Search: 455/414.1, 455/567, 455/551, 455/445, 725/34
• US Class Current: 455/414.1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/403 Arrangements for multi-party communication, e.g. for conferences data switching systems for conference H04L12/18; arrangements for connecting several subscribers to a common circuit, i.e. affording conference facilities H04M3/56; television conferencing systems H04N7/15
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/576 associated with a pictorial or graphical representation
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72403 with means for local support of applications that increase the functionality
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/06 including a wireless LAN interface
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2007/145 Handheld terminals
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/148 Interfacing a video terminal to a particular transmission medium, e.g. ISDN

Abstract

A Fourth generation (4G) Wireless videoconferencing system which employs Quality of Service (QOS) features of a fourth generation wireless network to configure bandwidth on a per call basis. Selection of a videoconferencing terminating subscriber on a video subscriber table in the originating terminal causes the call to be routed directly via the Fourth Generation network to the terminating subscriber terminal and the sending of a class of service to the terminating subscriber terminal embedded in an “alternate caller ID”. The class of service tells the terminating terminal to configure terminating terminal for videoconferencing.

Claims

1. A portable, mobile, fourth generation cellular wireless video conferencing system comprising:

two terminals which comprises a calling terminal and a called terminal, each selected from a group comprising fourth generation cellular telephones and fourth generation cellular terminals;

comprising fourth generation cellular telephone and fourth generation cellular terminal equipped with a microphone and loudspeaker, a video display, a video camera and a subscriber routing table which is active in the calling terminal comprising a selection of a called terminal video subscriber table address which triggers the calling terminal;

to instruct a fourth generation network to set up a fourth generation communication channel with the bandwidth necessary to support streaming video and sound on a full duplex basis;

to provide a called terminal address to a fourth generation network for routing of the video call to a called terminal;

and to send video class of service code characters to the fourth generation network,

the fourth generation network generates to the called terminal an individual video caller ID containing the video class of service which causes the called terminal to configure a called terminal to support streaming video and audio on a full duplex basis and enabling a ring tone unique to video conferencing, when, after a call connect, both the calling terminal and the called terminal are put into video mode and speaker phone mode automatically unless the called subscriber opts to not send video and selects a voice only keyed option comprising the called subscriber has the option of not sending video to the calling subscriber

and which further comprises the called terminal receives video and voice from the calling terminal;

the calling terminal receives from the called terminal voice and a video frame which informs that the called subscriber has opted to not send video when either sending or not sending video is selected manually as a called terminal option.

2. The fourth generation wireless video conferencing system of claim 1 comprising calling and called terminals which are used in a location selected from a group comprising buildings, automobiles, trains, airplanes, boats, ships and outdoor terrain.

3. A portable, mobile, fourth generation cellular wireless video conferencing method comprising:

two terminals which comprises a calling terminal and a called terminal, each selected from a group comprising fourth generation cellular telephones and fourth generation cellular terminals;

comprising fourth generation cellular telephone and fourth generation cellular terminal equipped with a microphone and loudspeaker, a video display, a video camera and a subscriber routing table which is active in the calling terminal comprising a selection of a called terminal video subscriber table address which triggers the calling terminal;

to instruct a fourth generation network to set up a fourth generation communication channel with the bandwidth necessary to support streaming video and sound on a full duplex basis;

to provide a called terminal address to a fourth generation network for routing of the video call to a called terminal;

and to send video class of service code characters to the fourth generation network,

the fourth generation network generates to the called terminal an individual video caller ID containing the video class of service which causes the called terminal to configure a called terminal to support streaming video and audio on a full duplex basis and enabling a ring tone unique to video conferencing, when, after a call connect, both the calling terminal and the called terminal are put into video mode and speaker phone mode automatically unless the called subscriber opts to not send video and selects a voice only keyed option comprising the called subscriber has the option of not sending video to the calling subscriber

and which further comprises the called terminal receives video and voice from the calling terminal;

the calling terminal receives from the called terminal voice and a video frame which informs that the called subscriber has opted to not send video when either sending or not sending video is selected manually as a called terminal option.

4. The fourth generation wireless video conferencing method of claim 3 comprising calling and called terminals which are used in a location selected from a group comprising buildings, automobiles, trains, airplanes, boats, ships and outdoor terrain.