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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 08, 2016
Filed:
Jan. 29, 2014
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Nikolai Pavlov, Tallinn, EE;
Onur Cinar, Mountain View, CA (US);
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A user terminal comprising: a network interface; a touchscreen configured to receive a pattern traced by a user; a first camera configured to capture images, wherein the user terminal is configured to transmit said captured images from the first camera to at least one further user terminal via the network interface as part of a video call; a second camera; a memory configured to store information relating to at least one pattern; a detection module configured to detect, using said stored information, one of said at least one pattern traced on an area of the touchscreen of said user terminal; and a control module configured to, in response to the detection by the detection module, switch from the first camera to the second camera so as to capture images using the second camera, the control module causing the said captured images from the second camera to be transmitted via the network interface to said at least one further user device.