Image and audio controls for a communication device in push-to-video services
View Patent ↗A method ( 300 ) and an apparatus ( 110 ) for a communication device for controlling an image portion and an audio portion of a push-to-video communication are disclosed. The communication device ( 110 ) initiates the push-to-video communication ( 304 ), establishes the push-to-video communication ( 306 ), transmits the image portion and the audio portion of the push-to-video communication ( 308 ), and makes control of at least one of the image and audio portions of the push-to-video communication available ( 310 ) for other communication devices involved in the push-to-video communication. The communication device ( 110 ), after making the control of at least one of the image and audio portions of the push-to-video communication available, continues to transmit the corresponding portions of the push-to-video communication ( 312 ). The communication device ( 110 ) relinquishes the control when one of the other communication devices takes the control.
1. A method in a communication device for controlling an image portion and an audio portion of a push-to-video communication, the method comprising:
initiating the push-to-video communication;
establishing the push-to-video communication;
transmitting the image portion and the audio portion of the push-to-video communication; and
making available control, by the communication device, for transmitting the image portion without the audio portion of the push-to-video communication.
2. The method of claim 1 further comprising:
maintaining the control of the at least one of the image and audio portions of the push-to-video communication; and
continuing to transmit the at least one of the image and audio portions of the push-to-video communication.
3. The method of claim 2 further comprising:
relinquishing the control of the at least one of the image and audio portions of the push-to-video communication.
4. The method of claim 3 , wherein relinquishing control of the at least one of the image and audio portions of the push-to-video communication includes terminating the transmission of the at least one of the image and audio portions of the push-to-video communication
5. The method of claim 3 further comprising:
receiving a corresponding relinquished portion of the push-to-video communication.
6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
displaying a status of the control of the at least one of the image and audio portions of the push-to-video communication.
7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the displayed status of the control includes sources of the image portion and the audio portion of the push-to-video communication.
8. The method of claim 1 further comprising:
receiving a request to relinquish control of the at least one of the image and audio portions of the push-to-video communication before making available control of at least one of the image and audio portions of the push-to-video communication.
9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the image portion of the push-to-video communication includes at least one of:
a recorded image stored in the communication device including a still image and a streaming video, and
a live image captured by the communication device.
10. The method of claim 1 , wherein the audio portion of the push-to-video communication includes at least one of:
a recording stored in the communication device, and
a live audio captured by the communication device.
11. A method in a first communication device for controlling an image portion and an audio portion of a push-to-video communication, the method comprising:
establishing, by a first communication device, the push-to-video communications;
transmitting, by the first communication device, the image portion and the audio portion of the push-to-video communications;
making available control, by the first communication device, for transmitting the image portion without the audio portion of the push-to-video communications;
taking control, by a second communication device, of transmitting a first portion from the image portion and the audio portion of the push-to-video communications;
relinquishing control, by the first communication device, of transmitting the first portion;
maintaining control, by the first communication device, of transmitting a second portion from the image portion and the audio portion of the push-to-video communications, wherein the second portion is other than the first portion; and
transmitting, by the second device, the first portion and simultaneously transmitting, by the first device, the second portion.
12. The method of claim 11 , wherein the first portion is the image portion and the second portion is the audio portion of the push-to-video communication.
13. The method of claim 11 , wherein the first portion is the audio portion and the second portion is the video portion of the push-to-video communication.
14. A method in a first communication device for controlling an image portion and an audio portion of a push-to-video communication, the method comprising:
establishing, by a first communication device, the push-to-video communications;
transmitting, by the first communication device, the image portion and the audio portion of the push-to-video communications;
making available control, by the first communication device, for transmitting the image portion without the audio portion of the push-to-video communications;
taking control, by a second communication device, of transmitting a first portion from the image portion and the audio portion of the push-to-video communications;
taking control, by a third communication device, of transmitting a second portion from the image portion and the audio portion of the push-to-video communications, wherein the second portion is other than the first portion;
relinquishing control, by the first communication device, of transmitting the image portion and the audio portion of the push-to-video communications; and
transmitting, by the second device, the first portion and simultaneously transmitting, by the third device, the second portion.
15. The method of claim 14 , wherein the first portion is the image portion and the second portion is the audio portion of the push-to-video communication.
16. The method of claim 14 , wherein the first portion is the audio portion and the second portion is the video portion of the push-to-video communication.