Patent ID: 8717399

Claim:
A method of processing video data in a video communication system, the method comprising: receiving first video data at a first terminal from a second terminal; generating second video data at the first terminal for transmission to the second terminal; selecting a size of a first video area for displaying the first video data within a display area of the first terminal; scaling the first video data to the selected size of the first video area and displaying the first video data therein; determining a second video area for displaying the second video data within the display area of the first terminal, the determination of the second video area comprising at least determining a location of the second video area relative to the first video area, by determining an overlap of the second video area over the first video area in dependence on the size of the first video area; scaling the second video data to the second video area; and responsive to the scaling of the second video data to the second video area, automatically displaying the second video data in the second video area such that the second video data in the second video area at least partially overlaps the first video area in accordance with the dependence on the size of the first video area.