Patent ID: 8159520

Claim:
One or more computer-readable media having computer-executable instructions embodied thereon for performing a method of ensuring that a video stream communicated from a mobile device is communicated subject to a minimum quality level, the method comprising: receiving a request from a mobile device to communicate a video stream to a target device, the request being received through a wireless telecommunications network, the video stream to be communicated at the minimum quality level, wherein the video stream is being contemporaneously received by and communicated from the mobile device; determining a quality level to be associated with a communication of the video stream by processing signaling information communicated from the mobile device to a policy server that is able to map the mobile device to a designated quality level; associating the designated quality level with the video stream such that the video stream will be communicated consistent with the designated quality level; utilizing the signaling information to establish a communications pathway between the mobile device and the target device; and enabling communication of the video stream through the communications pathway consistent with the designated quality level.