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Method and apparatus for controlling data delivery with user-maintained modes

  • US 8,022,989 B2
  • Filed: 06/09/2006
  • Issued: 09/20/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/17/2005
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A transmitting electronic apparatus for communicating data streams with a receiving electronic apparatus, the transmitting electronic apparatus comprising:

  • a camera for recording a first video data stream on a transmitting electronic apparatus;

    a memory for storing at least a portion of a second video data stream;

    a first display area for viewing one of the first and the second video data streams;

    a first user-maintained mode activated by a user on the transmitting electronic apparatus to transmit the one of the first and the second video data streams to a receiving electronic apparatus, wherein the other of the first and the second video data streams is suspended while the first user-maintained mode actively senses user feedback and further wherein the one of the first and the second video data streams displayed in the first display area is synchronized with the one of the first and the second video data streams transmitted to the receiving electronic apparatus to allow the user of the transmitting electronic apparatus and a user of the receiving electronic apparatus to share the video data in a coordinated manner.

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