Patent ID: 9432618
Filing Date: 2016-08-30
CPC Classification: H04L,H04N

Claim Text:
1. A digital information receiving and transmitting apparatus comprising: a network interface configured to receive a first digital information including a first video information from a content server and to receive a second digital information including a second video information from another communication apparatus; an encoder configured to generate a third digital information including a third video information by encoding a video signal generated by a camera; a processor configured to control outputs of the first digital information, the second digital information and the third digital information; and a user input device configured to accept an input from a user, wherein in a case where the digital information receiving and transmitting apparatus receives an inbound videophone call from the other communication apparatus during outputting of the first digital information received from the content server, the digital information receiving and transmitting apparatus communicates with the content server for pausing a transmission of the first digital information and outputs the second digital information, and wherein in a case where the digital information receiving and transmitting apparatus receives an input for stopping the videophone call from one of the user input device as the input from the user and the another communication apparatus, the digital information receiving and transmitting apparatus stops output of the third digital information.