Patent ID: 7564476

Claim:
A video teleconferencing method, comprising: (a) receiving a video stream comprising at least one image frame depicting a first participant of a video call, the video call being between at least the first participant and a second participant; (b) determining, by a computer and based on the at least one image frame, whether the at least one image frame is acceptable for the second participant to the video call; and (c) when the at least one image frame is not acceptable for the video call, performing, by the computer, at least one of the following substeps: (c1) altering the at least one image frame to be appropriate for the second participant; (c2) before transmission of the at least one image frame to the second participant, notifying the first participant that the at least one image frame is not appropriate; (c3) automatically refocusing at least one camera receiving an image of the first participant so that the at least one image frame becomes appropriate for the second participant; and (c4) blocking transmission of the at least one image frame to the second participant.