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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 06, 2010
Filed:
Oct. 15, 2004
Ganesan Rengaraju, Oak Park, IL (US);
Tomasz Jamrozy, Naperville, IL (US);
Gary J. Oswald, Elk Grove, IL (US);
Lawrence A. Willis, McHenry, IL (US);
Ganesan Rengaraju, Oak Park, IL (US);
Tomasz Jamrozy, Naperville, IL (US);
Gary J. Oswald, Elk Grove, IL (US);
Lawrence A. Willis, McHenry, IL (US);
Motorola, Inc., Schaumburg, IL (US);
Abstract
A method () and an apparatus () for a communication device for controlling an image portion and an audio portion of a push-to-video communication are disclosed. The communication device () initiates the push-to-video communication (), establishes the push-to-video communication (), transmits the image portion and the audio portion of the push-to-video communication (), and makes control of at least one of the image and audio portions of the push-to-video communication available () for other communication devices involved in the push-to-video communication. The communication device (), 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 (). The communication device () relinquishes the control when one of the other communication devices takes the control.