Patent ID: 8902277

Claim:
A communication device configured to communicate with another device and to operate using an operating member by a user, the operating member including a first operating member and a second operating member that is different from the first operating member, the communication device comprising: a communicator configured to transmit video data and audio data to the other device and receive video data, audio data, and a conversation request transmitted from the other device; and a controller configured to selectively perform a first conversation operation and a second conversation operation, the first conversation operation transmitting audio data and video data to the other device by said communicator, the second conversation operation transmitting audio data to the other device by said communicator and not transmitting video data to the other device, while selectably displaying a first index and a second index on a screen, the first index corresponding to the first conversation operation and the second index corresponding to the second conversation operation, wherein the first operating member is operable by the user to select one of the first index and the second index, the second operating member is operable by the user and is associated with the second conversation operation, said controller is configured to determine whether the first index or the second index is selected on the screen by an operation of the first operating member and whether the second operating member is operated, when said communicator receives the conversation request from the other device, and said controller is further configured to perform the first conversation operation when the first index is selected, to perform the second conversation operation when the second index is selected, and to perform the second conversation operation when the second operating member is operated.