Patent ID: 7907638

Claim:
A method of forming an output media stream to be transmitted during a communication session from a portable communication device wherein said output media stream comprises signals of a first media type, the method comprising: generating in real time a first media stream in the portable communication device, combining in real time the first media stream with a second media stream to form the output media stream wherein combining comprises superposing, within the portable communication device, signals of the first media type from the first media stream on signals of the first media type from the second media stream to produce the output media stream, wherein the output media stream comprises portions of the first and second media streams which are configured to be presented in a substantially simultaneous time period, and transmitting said output media stream, wherein the communication session includes a video telephony session, wherein the second media stream includes a prerecorded media stream that is user selectable, and wherein at least one of generating and/or combining is dependent on input data from a user of said portable communication device.