Patent ID: 6922664

Claim:
In a network comprising a plurality of interconnected nodes, a communication method comprising the steps of: transmitting a video or image signal bi-directionally between a first node and a second node in a network with distributed sensor array architecture; sensing a first signal associated with a first voluntary condition in the first node; sensing a second signal associated with a second involuntary condition in the first node; from the first node providing the second node a determination regarding the first node adaptively according to the first and second signals, wherein the first node comprises a plurality of adaptively accessible sensors for generating respectively the first and second signals; sensing a third signal associated with a third voluntary condition in the second node; sensing a fourth signal associated with a fourth involuntary condition in the second node; and from the second node providing the first node a second determination regarding the second node adaptively according to the third and fourth signals, whereby the second node comprises a plurality of adaptively accessible sensors for generating respectively the third and fourth signals.