Patent ID: 7050084

Claim:
A method for conducting video telecommunications, comprising: (a) an imaging device receiving an image including a first participant in a communication interaction with a second participant located remotely from the first participant; (b) an audio input receiving the first participant's voice communication with the second participant; (c) a processor effecting transmission of the received image and voice communication to the second participant; and (d) during the communication interaction, at least one boundary marking device projecting at least one illuminated boundary marker to indicate a spatial extent of at least one of the received image and an image circle of the imaging device, wherein, for at least a selected portion of the boundary marker, one of the following is true: (d1) the illuminated boundary marker is projected onto a background surface and visible continuously to the first participant while the first participant is properly positioned within the at least one of the received image and image circle, wherein the illuminated boundary maker is outside of the spatial extent of the at least one of the received image and image circle; and (d2) the illuminated boundary marker is projected onto a background surface and is visible to the first participant only when a motion detector detects movement of the first participant in spatial proximity to the spatial extent of the at least one of the received image and image circle, wherein the illuminated boundary marker is outside of the spatial extent of the at least one of the received image and image circle.