Patent ID: 7536707

Claim:
A controlling method of a communication terminal capable of displaying a video data and being communicably connected with another communication terminal capable of displaying a video data, said method comprising the steps of: accepting a user's operation to pause video display of the video data being displayed by the communication terminal and the another communication terminal; generating first screen pause time information after the operation to pause is accepted; controlling displaying a static image in which the video display is paused at a time based on the first screen pause time information; sending the first screen pause time information to the another communication terminal, wherein the first screen pause time information is sent from the communication terminal to the another communication terminal such that the another communication terminal and the communication terminal display the same static image; and receiving second screen pause time information to indicate the time when the video display of the video data being displayed by the another communication terminal is paused based on the first screen pause time information, wherein said controlling step displays a static image corresponding to either one of times based on the first screen pause time information and the second screen pause time information.