Patent ID: 8503999
Filing Date: 2013-08-06
Classification: H04M

Abstract:
1. A method for presenting multiple communications in a wireless communication device comprising: receiving a plurality of communications in the wireless communication device; presenting the plurality of communications concurrently with at least one output device of the wireless communication device, wherein each of the plurality of communications has a common communication type; formatting, in the wireless communication device receiving the plurality of communications, said plurality of communications on said at least one output device as a function of a number of communications of said plurality of communications and a function of a communication characteristic; and changing format when audio of a first communication stream is greater than a predetermined threshold; wherein the step of formatting comprises formatting a first video communication of said plurality of communications such that said first video communication has a different format characteristic than a remainder of said plurality of communications based upon the communication characteristic; wherein the different format characteristic comprises a higher frame rate for the first video communication when audio of the first communication stream is greater than the predetermined threshold and a lower frame rate for the remainder of said plurality of communications.