Patent ID: 8547836

Claim:
A dual-mode wireless transceiver comprising: control circuitry for operating said transceiver in first and second wireless communication modes, wherein first communication mode is associated with said transceiver engaging in wireless communication with a wireless-local-area-network access point, and wherein second communication mode is associated with said transceiver engaging in wireless video communications over a wireless video communication link; wherein upon said transceiver entering the second mode, said control circuitry further causes said transceiver to signal one or more wireless-local-area-network access points that said transceiver is unavailable to receive data while the transceiver is operating in the second mode, and wherein during operation of said transceiver, said control circuitry further causes said transceiver to adjust the length of at least one engagement time period of the wireless communication modes based on a criterion related to at least one of the wireless-local-area-network communications and the wireless-video communications, and to further adjust a wireless-local-area- network communications engagement time period length to wireless-video communications engagement time period length ratio which is at least partially based on said criterion.