Patent ID: 8010119

Claim:
A method, comprising the step of: attempting to perform a real-time transmission of a video from a first mobile station to a second mobile station through employment of a data path between the first mobile station and the second mobile station; wherein the first mobile station establishes a voice call with the second mobile station; wherein the data path for the real-time transmission of the video is established in response to a soft-key of the first mobile station pressed during the voice call between the first mobile station and the second mobile station; receiving a first indication at the first mobile station indicating that at least one of a) the second mobile station is not a video capable device, or b) the first mobile station is unavailable, wherein unavailable comprise at the least one of the first mobile station is not authorized to perform video transmission or the first mobile station is below a predetermined signal strength threshold; storing the video in a storage component comprising the first mobile station based upon the first indication; and after the first mobile station stores the video, the first mobile receives a second indication indicating that the first mobile station is available to perform real-time transmission of video, and upon receipt of the second indication the first mobile station retrieves the video from the storage component comprising the first mobile station and communications the video to the second mobile station.