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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 30, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 01, 2010
Matthew Cannon, Sterling, VA (US);
Matthew Cannon, Sterling, VA (US);
Time Warner Cable Enterprises LLC, New York, NY (US);
Abstract
Methods and apparatus for allowing a telephone user to share captured audio and/or video with a set top box user are described. Methods and apparatus can be implemented without the need for a called party to support video conferencing and/or have a computer system. In various embodiments a telephone call is used to contact a party to who content from a telephone may be streamed, e.g., in real time. Assuming the contacted party is interested a video session is established with a STB or other device corresponding to the called party and video content delivered from the cell phone. Audio may also be streamed with the video and/or the initial telephone call is maintained while video content is delivered allowing for bi-direction communication via the calling and called party's telephones. While IP signaling maybe used for video delivery an analog VOD session may alternatively be used.