Video call mediating apparatus, method and computer readable recording medium thereof

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11196777-B2
Application number	US-202017085375-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 30, 2020
Priority date	Mar 25, 2019
Publication date	Dec 7, 2021
Grant date	Dec 7, 2021

Abstract

A video call mediating method includes: connecting, by a first terminal and a second terminal, to a video call platform; extracting a first identifier (ID) of a user of the first terminal and a second ID of a user of the second terminal, that is not displayed on the first terminal and the second terminal, during a video call; creating a first identification code for the first terminal and a second identification code of the second terminal from the first ID and the second ID, respectively; establishing a first video call session between the first terminal and the second terminal; creating a first image and a second image corresponding to the first terminal and the second terminal, respectively, with reference to the first identification code and the second identification code, respectively; and displaying the first image and the second image on a display of the first terminal and on a display of the second terminal, respectively.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for providing information at a first terminal, the method comprising:
establishing a video call session with a second terminal;
displaying content acquired from the first terminal in a first portion of a display;
displaying content acquired from the second terminal in a second portion of the display;
generating a first identifying image based on identification information related to the first terminal; and
displaying the first identifying image on the display.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first identifying image includes at least one sub-image, and the at least one sub-image is identified based on the identification information related to the first terminal.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein at least part of the at least one sub-image corresponds to a character included in the identification information related to the first terminal.

4. The method of claim 2 , wherein at least part of the at least one sub-image is arranged corresponding to an order of characters included in the identification information related to the first terminal.

5. The method of claim 2 , wherein at least part of the at least one sub-image is identified based on a random value.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein an order of each of the at least one sub-image is identified based on the random value.

7. The method of claim 2 , wherein each of the at least one sub-image is converted from a code identified based on the identification information related to the first terminal.

8. The method of claim 2 , wherein the first identifying image further includes a flag sub-image located on a predetermined position, and
wherein an order of each of the at least one sub-image is identified based on the flag sub-image.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein the first identifying image further includes a checksum sub-image identified based on the flag sub-image and the at least one sub-image.

10. The method of claim 1 , further comprising identifying the identification information related to the first terminal based on the first identifying image.

11. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first identifying image is displayed in the content acquired from the second terminal.

12. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first identifying image is not displayed at the second terminal.

13. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
establishing a video call session with a third terminal;
displaying content acquired from the third terminal; and
displaying a second image changed from the first identifying image on the content acquired from the third terminal,
wherein the second image is identified based on the identification information related to the first terminal.

14. The method of claim 2 , wherein a code including at least one character with a predetermined numeric system is identified based on the identification information related to the first terminal, and
wherein each of the at least one sub-image corresponds to the each of the at least one character.

15. The method of claim 2 , wherein the at least one sub-image includes an emoji.

16. A non-transitory computer readable recording medium where a program for performing a method according to claim 1 is recorded.

17. A first terminal for providing information, comprising:
a display; and
a controller coupled with the display and configured to establish a video call session with a second terminal, display content acquired from the first terminal in a first portion of the display, display content acquired from the second terminal in a second portion of the display, generate a first identifying image based on identification information related to the first terminal, and display the first identifying image on the display.

Assignees

• Hyperconnect Inc

Inventors

• Ahn Sangil
• Yoon Sangpil

Classifications

• H04N7/15

  Conference systems · CPC title

• G06F21/36

  by graphic or iconic representation · CPC title

• H04L65/1089

  by adding media; by removing media · CPC title

• G06F3/0484

  for the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or manipulating an object, an image or a displayed text element, setting a parameter value or selecting a range · CPC title

• H04N7/147 Primary

  Communication arrangements, e.g. identifying the communication as a video-communication, intermediate storage of the signals (selecting H04Q) · CPC title