Configuring output on a communication device

• US 8,694,655 B2
• Filed: 04/06/2011
• Issued: 04/08/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 02/23/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Meta Platforms, Inc. (f/k/a Facebook, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Meta Platforms, Inc. (f/k/a Facebook, Inc.)
• Inventors: Shitrit, Danny Ben
• Primary Examiner(s): Chan, Wing F
• Assistant Examiner(s): PATEL, HITESHKUMAR R
• Application Number:
  US13/081,430
• Publication Number:
  US 20110292160A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,098 Days
• Field of Search: 709/220, 709/224, 709/223, 709/228, 713/100, 715/771, 370/261, 370/352, 370/229, 348 1401- 141
• 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 comprising:

establishing a video communication between a first device of a first user and a second device of a second user, wherein the first device and the second device each has one or more display configuration settings, one or more media configuration settings, and one or more network configuration settings for the video communication;

detecting a state of at least one of the first device or the second device;

modifying the one or more display configuration settings, the one or more media configuration settings, and the one or more network configuration settings of the first device or the second device based on a set of one or more display configuration settings, one or more media configuration settings, and one or more network configuration settings previously used in accordance with the detected state of the first device or the second device; and

enabling display of the video communication to the first user or the second user based on the modified display configuration settings, media configuration settings and network configuration settings.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein detecting the state further comprises detecting a surrounding environment associated with the first device or the second device.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein detecting the state further comprises determining a geographic location.

4. The method of claim 3, further comprising using a global positioning system to determine the geographic location.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising using an IP address to detect the state of at least one of the first device or the second device.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising utilizing a wireless communication device to detect the state of at least one of the first device or the second device.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein detecting the state of at least one of the first device or the second device comprises determining a noise level of an environment of at least one of the first device or the second device.

8. A system comprising:

at least one processor; and

a non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the system to;

receive a request to establish a video communication between a first device of a first user and a second device of a second user, wherein the first device and the second device each has one or more display configuration settings, one or more media configuration settings, and one or more network configuration settings for the video communication, and

detect a state of at least one of the first device or the second device,

modify the one or more display configuration settings, the one or more media configuration settings, and the one or more network configuration settings of the first device or the second device based on a set of one or more display configuration settings, one or more media configuration settings, and one or more network configuration settings previously used in accordance with the determined state of the first device or the second device, and

enable display of the video communication to the first user or the second user based on the modified display configuration settings, media configuration settings and network configuration settings.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein the detected state of the first device or the second device further comprises a surrounding environment associated with the first device or the second device.

10. The system of claim 8, further comprising instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, causes the system to detect a geographic location.

11. The system of claim 10, further comprising instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, causes the system to determine the geographic location based on data from a global positioning system.

12. The system of claim 8, wherein the state is detected based an IP address.

13. The system of claim 8, further comprising instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, causes the system to utilize a wireless communication device to detect the state.

14. The system of claim 8, further comprising instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, causes the system to determine a noise level of an environment of at least one of the first device or the second device.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 13, wherein detecting the state of at least one of the first device or the second device comprises determining an environment associated with a geographic location of the first device or the second device.

15. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a set of instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause a computer system to:

establish a video communication between a first device of a first user and a second device of a second user, wherein the first device and the second device each has one or more display configuration settings, one or more media configuration settings, and one or more network configuration settings for the video communication;

detect a state of at least one of the first device or the second device;

modify the one or more display configuration settings, the one or more media configuration settings, and the one or more network configuration settings of the first device or the second device based on a set of one or more display configuration settings, one or more media configuration settings, and one or more network configuration settings previously used in accordance with the determined state of the first device or the second device; and

enable display of the video communication to the first user or the second user based on the modified display configuration settings, media configuration settings, and network configuration settings.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein detecting the state of at least one of the first device or the second device comprises determining a noise level of an environment associated with the first device or the second device.