Patent ID: 8890920

Claim:
A moving picture communication system comprising: a telephone device for connection to a communications network, the telephone device being configured to: make voice telephone calls, receive and/or transmit compressed moving picture data via the communications network, and input and/or output compressed moving picture data via a port; and a hardware moving picture data processor comprising a port for inputting compressed moving picture data from and/or outputting compressed moving picture data to the telephone device's port, wherein the hardware moving picture data processor is configured to decompress compressed moving picture data from the telephone device's port and/or compress decompressed moving picture data from a moving picture source, wherein the moving picture data processor is controlled, at least in part, by the telephone device; and wherein the moving picture data processor comprises a clock and the telephone device comprises a clock; and wherein the telephone device's clock and the moving picture data processor's clock are substantially synchronised by signals passed between the telephone device and the moving picture data processor.