Apple Inc.

David A Eldred

Stephen Olivier Lemay

Hsi-Jung Wu

Elizabeth Caroline Cranfill

Xiaosong Zhou

Joe S Abuan

Hyeonkuk Jeong

James O Normile

Roberto Garcia, Jr

Ting Chen

Yan Yang

Roberto Garcia

Dazhong Zhang

Haitao Guo

Berkat S Tung

Douglas Scott Price

David Daming Kuo

Andrew Yanowitz

Some embodiments provide a method for conducting a video conference between a first mobile device and a second device. The first mobile device includes first and second cameras. The method selects the first camera for capturing images. The method transmits images captured by the first camera to the second device. The method receives selections of the second camera for capturing images during the video conference. The method terminates the transmission of images captured by the first camera and transmits images captured by the second camera of the first mobile device to the second device during the video conference.

Switching cameras during a video conference of a multi-camera mobile device

Some embodiments provide a method for allowing a first device that is in a video conference with a second mobile device to remotely control the second mobile device. The method sends images captured by a camera of the first device to the second device. The method receives images captured by a camera of the second device. The method sends a command through a communication channel of a real-time communication session to the second device. The command is for instructing the second device to perform an operation that modifies the images captured by the camera of the second device.

Remote control operations in a video conference

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San Francisco, CA, United States of America

David A Eldred