Patent ID: 7822277

Claim:
A method for communicating at least compressed video information for a destination apparatus comprising: storing, in a source portable wireless apparatus, at least video information compressed based on a first compression method; transcoding, in the source portable wireless apparatus, the at least video information that is compressed based on the first compression method to produce corresponding recompressed video information that is based on a second compression method; and sending, by the source portable wireless apparatus, the recompressed video information based on the second compression method for the destination apparatus, wherein storing at least video information based on a first compressed method comprises storing an entire frame of compressed video; wherein transcoding the at least video information that is compressed based on the first compression method comprises: decompressing, on a piecewise basis, portions of the compressed video information to produce decompressed portions of video, recompressing, on a piecewise basis, the decompressed portions of video using the second compression method wherein the second compression method provides a lower compression ratio than the first compression method; and storing the recompressed video information for sending by the source portable wireless apparatus, and wherein sending, by the source portable wireless apparatus, the recompressed video information based on the second compression method for the destination portable wireless device comprises sending, on a piecewise basis, portions of the recompressed video information for the destination apparatus.