Patent ID: 6404776
Filing Date: 2002-06-11
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
A multimedia communication arrangement for transmitting video and other signal types for communication over a communication channel having an indication of an available bandwidth, comprising:a first data source including a video image processor constructed to capture images and to present the images as a first type of data at a rate that varies in response to an available bandwidth factor for the communication channel; at least one additional data source generating at least one additional data signal; and a data signal processing circuit configured and arranged to collect the first type of data from the first data source at a rate that varies in response to the available channel bandwidth, to collect at least one additional type of data from the at least one additional data source at at least one established rate, and to adjust a rate at which the data collected from at least one of the first and the at least one additional data sources is transmitted in response to a detected error rate.