Patent ID: 8786661

Claim:
A videophone input apparatus comprising: a communication interface for communicating with a system server, a peer and an A/V output apparatus; at least one processor; and at least one memory including computer program code; the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the videophone apparatus to: connect the videophone input apparatus via a local connection to the A/V output apparatus and via a first wireless connection to the system server; transceive configuration information automatically between the videophone input apparatus and the system server via the first wireless connection; establish a peer-to-peer connection between the videophone input apparatus and the peer over a second wireless connection; trigger a videophone service over the peer-to-peer connection utilizing a service account created by the system server in response to the automatically transceived configuration information between the videophone input apparatus and the system server; provide user input data for the videophone service using the videophone input apparatus; and provide user output data, from the peer, for the videophone service using the A/V output apparatus.