Patent ID: 9686506
Date: 2017-06-20
CPC Classifications: H04N

Claim:
1. A video call method, comprising: sending, by a first video terminal associated with a first account, a video call connection request to a video call control apparatus, so as to request to establish a video call connection with a second video terminal associated with a second account; receiving, by the first video terminal, video call preview information of the second account returned by the video call control apparatus in response to the video call connection request; and displaying, in a video call interface of the first video terminal, the video call preview information of the second account, while the video call connection is being established; wherein: when the first video terminal established video call connection with the second video terminal in a previous time, historical data of the video call preview information of the second account acquired from the previous time is used to be displayed in the video call interface of the first video terminal, unless a user of the second account actively changes the video call preview information.