Patent ID: 9729847
Date: 2017-08-08
CPC Classifications: H04L,H04N

Claim:
1. A method of determining transmit formats and receive formats for a 3D video communication service, comprising the steps of: receiving sets of available 3D video communication formats, each set of available 3D video communication formats being received from one of a plurality of client devices, each set of available 3D video communication formats comprising: using a preference criterion common for the plurality of client devices to determine a preference order for a plurality of 3D video transmit formats included in the sets of available 3D communication formats; based on the preference order for the plurality of 3D video transmit formats, comparing the sets of available 3D video communication formats to determine, for at least one client device, a particular 3D transmit format for transmission of 3D video communication by the type of the capture unit of the at least one client device that is a preferred 3D video transmit format and corresponds to a particular 3D receive format for receipt of 3D video communication by the type of the display device of at least one other client device; and transmitting, to the plurality of client devices, a message comprising the particular 3D transmit format to be used by the plurality of client devices during a video conference.