Patent ID: 8848018

Claim:
A videophone apparatus, for providing a video call service, comprising: a communication interface for communicating with a peer; at least one processor; and at least one memory including computer program code; the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the videophone apparatus to: establish a peer-to-peer connection between the videophone apparatus and the peer over a wireless connection; generate a local video stream in the videophone apparatus based on a video signal provided by a camera of the videophone apparatus; render the local video stream to provide a first preview video of the video call for a user of the videophone apparatus; receive at least one frame of a peer video stream; render the at least one frame of the peer video stream to provide a second preview video of the video call for the user of the videophone apparatus; and cross-fade the second preview video with the received peer video stream in response to a frame rate of the peer video stream exceeding a threshold value.