Patent ID: 8245266
Filing Date: 2012-08-14
Classification: H04L,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method of controlling quality of video data transmitted from a first user terminal to at least one other user terminal in a communication system, the method comprising the steps of: improving quality of the video data transmitted over an existing connection from a first user terminal to at least one other user terminal by: transmitting the video data from a first user terminal to the at least one other user terminal via the existing connection from the first user terminal; providing instructions for each of a plurality of conditions indicating that the quality of the video data transmitted from the first user terminal via the existing connection is below an acceptable threshold; detecting at said first user terminal at least one of a plurality of conditions that indicates that the quality of the video data transmitted from the first user terminal via the existing connection is below an acceptable threshold; automatically generating instructions based on the detected condition for a user of the first user terminal, said instructions notifying the user of how to remedy a problem due to the detected condition and intended to provide a humanly implementable remedy to the problem to improve the quality of the video data transmitted from the first user terminal; automatically outputting the automatically generated instructions to the user in a humanly comprehensible form; and receiving an input from a user of the first user terminal responsive to the automatically generated instructions to implement the remedy and thereby improve the quality of the video data transmitted from the first user terminal.