Patent ID: 11930245
Assignee: MAXELL, LTD.
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 5:
6. A mobile information terminal capable of performing data transmission and reception including video data reception of video data, to/from an outside of the mobile information terminal, the mobile information terminal comprising:
a display; and
a main controller,
wherein the main controller is configured to:
obtain, from the outside, a total data communication amount indicating a limit capable of high-speed data communication by the mobile information terminal within a predetermined period;
obtain a cumulative data communication amount of data which has been transmitted and received by the mobile information terminal from a start of the predetermined period to a viewing start point of the video data;
obtain an elapsed amount of time from a start of the predetermined period;
select one of a plurality of predetermined values, each of which is determined based on the obtained total data communication amount and is less than the obtained total data communication amount, on the basis of the elapsed amount of time from the start of the predetermined period;
determine an image quality for the video data in accordance with the cumulative data communication amount of data;
transmit a setting value corresponding to the image quality to an external device storing the video data;
receive the video data having the image quality from the external device; and
display the video data having the image quality on the display.