Patent ID: 9654730
Date: 2017-05-16
CPC Classifications: H04M,H04N

Claim:
1. A communication terminal which is capable of carrying out communication with another communication terminal via a communication network, comprising: a receiver configured to receive, from the other communication terminal, both image data taken by a photography device, and display data that is different from the image data and is displayed on a screen of a display device at the other communication terminal as separate communication streams from each other; and processing circuitry configured to automatically control display of the image data based on arrangement information retrieved from a memory that indicates at least one of a size and a position of displaying the image data on the screen of the display device, the arrangement information being different depending on whether the receiver receives the display data, wherein the arrangement information includes at least first arrangement information and second arrangement information which each indicate a different predetermined allocation of the image data to one of predefined areas within the screen of the display device at the communication terminal, the predetermined allocation being different depending on whether the receiver receives the display data such that the image data is automatically allocated by the communication terminal to a certain one of the predefined areas according to the second arrangement information that is retrieved from the memory when the display data is not received as a separate communication stream from the image data, and the display data is automatically allocated by the communication terminal to a certain one of the predefined areas and the image data is automatically allocated by the communication terminal to a different one of the predefined areas according to the first arrangement information that is retrieved from the memory when the display data is received as a separate communication stream from the image data.