Video communication method and system

• US 8,508,569 B2
• Filed: 12/28/2006
• Issued: 08/13/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 12/28/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Telecom Italia S.p.A.
• Original Assignee: Telecom Italia S.p.A.
• Inventors: Grasso, Ennio, Paltro, Pier Carlo, Sorrente, Andrea, Teisa, Claudio
• Primary Examiner(s): WOO, STELLA L
• Application Number:
  US12/448,647
• Publication Number:
  US 20100134587A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,420 Days
• Field of Search: 348/14.01, 348/14.03, 348/14.05, 348/14.08, 379/93.17, 379/93.21, 379/93.23, 379/265.09
• US Class Current: 348/14.01
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/4938 comprising a voice browser which renders and interprets, e.g. VoiceXML

Abstract

A method of communication with a remote user provided with a videocommunication terminal includes: establishing a communication session with the user'"'"'s videocommunication terminal; loading a web page associated with the communication session, the loaded web page including at least one portion defining a respective association between at least one browsing action to be performed on the loaded web page and at least one predefined user interaction with the videocommunication terminal; rendering the loaded web page and forming an image corresponding to the rendered loaded web page; video-encoding the formed image so as to create an encoded video, and transmitting the encoded video to the user'"'"'s videocommunication terminal; concurrently with the transmitting of the encoded video, receiving information related to a predefined user interaction with the videocommunication terminal; retrieving from the loaded web page the browsing action associated with the predefined user interaction with the videocommunication terminal; and executing the retrieved browsing action.

Claims

1. A method of communication with a remote user provided with a videocommunication terminal, comprising:

establishing a communication session with the user'"'"'s videocommunication terminal;

loading a web page associated with the communication session, the loaded web page comprising at least one portion defining a respective association between at least one browsing action to be performed on the loaded web page and at least one predefined user interaction with the videocommunication terminal associated with at least one predefined key on said user'"'"'s videocommunication terminal;

rendering the loaded web page and forming an image corresponding to the rendered loaded web page;

video-encoding the formed image so as to create an encoded video, and transmitting the encoded video to the user'"'"'s videocommunication terminal;

concurrently with the transmitting of the encoded video, receiving information related to a predefined user interaction with the videocommunication terminal;

retrieving from the loaded web page the browsing action associated with the predefined user interaction with the videocommunication terminal; and

executing a retrieved browsing action.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein said forming an image corresponding to the rendered loaded web page comprises creating an image frame corresponding to the rendered loaded web page in a memory buffer.

3. The method according to claim 2, wherein said creating an image frame corresponding to the rendered loaded web page in a memory buffer comprises composing an uncompressed image frame of the rendered loaded web page in said memory buffer.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein said establishing of the communication session with the user'"'"'s videocommunication terminal is performed in response to a call request received from said user'"'"'s videocommunication terminal.

5. The method according to claim 4, wherein said loading of said web page associated with the communication session is performed based on an identifier carried by said call request.

6. The method according to claim 1, wherein said information associated with a predefined user interaction with the videocommunication terminal comprises a predefined dual tone multifrequency tone.

7. The method according to claim 6, wherein said dual tone multifrequency tone is encapsulated in a data flow sent by the videocommunication terminal in response to said predefined user interaction with the videocommunication terminal.

8. The method according to claim 1, wherein said communication session with the user'"'"'s videocommunication terminal is at least partially established on a packet-switched bearer.

9. The method according to claim 1, wherein said communication session supports session initiation protocol.

10. The method according to claim 1, wherein said encoded video is transmitted according to a real time protocol.

11. A system for managing communication with a remote user provided with a videocommunication terminal, comprising:

a call control manager module capable of being adapted to establish a communication session with the user'"'"'s videocommunication terminal;

at least one multimedia renderer module capable of being in communication with said call control manager module, the at least one multimedia renderer module capable of;

loading a web page associated with the communication session, the loaded web page comprising at least one portion defining a respective association between at least one browsing action to be performed on the loaded web page and at least one predefined user interaction with the videocommunication terminal associated with at least one predefined key on said user'"'"'s videocommunication terminal;

rendering the loaded web page and forming an image corresponding to the rendered loaded web page;

video-encoding the formed image so as to create an encoded video, and transmitting the encoded video to the user'"'"'s videocommunication terminal;

receiving information related to a predefined user interaction with the videocommunication terminal, concurrently with the transmitting of the encoded video;

retrieving from the loaded web page the browsing action associated with the predefined user interaction with the videocommunication terminal; and

executing the retrieved browsing action.

12. The system according to claim 11, wherein said multimedia renderer module is capable of being adapted to form said image corresponding to the rendered loaded web page by creating an image frame corresponding to the rendered loaded web page in a memory buffer of said multimedia renderer module.

13. The system according to claim 12, wherein said multimedia renderer module is capable of being adapted to create said image frame corresponding to the rendered loaded web page in a memory buffer by composing an uncompressed image frame of the rendered loaded web page in said memory buffer.

14. The system according to claim 11, wherein said call control manager module is capable of being adapted to establish the communication session with the user'"'"'s videocommunication terminal in response to a call request received from said user'"'"'s videocommunication terminal.

15. The system according to claim 14, wherein said multimedia renderer module is capable of being adapted to load said web page associated with the communication session based on an identifier received by the call control manager module and carried by said call request.

16. The system according to claim 11, wherein said information associated with a predefined user interaction with the videocommunication terminal comprises a predefined dual tone multifrequency tone.

17. The system according to claim 16, wherein said dual tone multifrequency tone is encapsulated in a data flow sent by the videocommunication terminal in response to said predefined user interaction with the videocommunication terminal.

18. The system according to claim 11, wherein said call control manager module is capable of being adapted to establish said communication session with the user'"'"'s videocommunication terminal at least partially on a packet-switched bearer.

19. The system according to claim 11, wherein said call control manager module is capable of being adapted to support session initiation protocol.

20. The system according to claim 11, wherein said multimedia renderer module is capable of being adapted to transmit said encoded video according to a real time protocol.