Patent ID: 7996551
Filing Date: 2011-08-09
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for replacing an input Real Time Protocol (RTP) stream coming from a media terminal by an output RTP stream, which modifies an appearance of a person on the input RTP stream, the method comprising: capturing real-world visual data of at least one person by a media terminal, the media terminal associated with a media terminal user that is different from the at least one person; integrating, by the media terminal, the real-world visual data into an input RTP stream; sending, by the media terminal, the input RTP stream to a server; receiving the input RTP stream by the server; identifying, at the server, the at least one person from the real-world visual data in the input RTP stream, and the media terminal user; determining, by the server, whether the at least one person identified in the real-world visual data authorizes the media terminal user to see the at least one person with a modified appearance; creating, by the server, an output RTP stream comprising data integrated into the input RTP stream that modifies the appearance of the at least one person in the real-world visual data in response to determining that the media terminal user is authorized to see the at least one person with the modified appearance; and sending, by the server, the output RTP stream back to the media terminal for viewing by the media terminal user.