Patent ID: 8456505

Claim:
A three-dimensional (3D) video communication method, the method comprising: receiving video information of at least two session parties, wherein the video information of at least one session party is 3D video information; and processing the video information received from the at least two session parties according to state information of the at least two session parties and display capabilities of a terminal, wherein processing the video information comprises: synthesizing the 3D video information for displaying according to video information of a current session party if the state information of the session party indicates that the session party is the current session party and the display capabilities of the terminal support a 3D display mode; otherwise, synthesizing two-dimensional (2D) video information for displaying according to the video information of the session party if the state information of the session party indicates that the session party is not the current session party or the display capabilities of the terminal do not support a 3D display mode.