Patent ID: 8836798

Claim:
A method for processing a composite video image, the method including: obtaining an image using an image capturing device of a communications apparatus; obtaining at least one screen capture from at least one secondary device connected to the communications apparatus; encoding the at least one screen capture at the at least one secondary device into a format receivable by the communications apparatus; transmitting the at least one encoded screen capture to the communications apparatus; decoding the at least one encoded screen capture at the communications apparatus; composing the composite video image of a combination of the image and the at least one encoded screen capture at the communications apparatus either by a user or in accordance to pre-determined settings for the user's consumption; and transmitting the composed composite video image to a network, wherein encoding of the at least one screen capture is capable of being enabled in the communications apparatus by a set of instructions residing locally in the communications apparatus in a manner such that encoding of the at least one screen capture is independent of at least one application running on the at least one secondary device, and wherein the at least one screen capture is of the type selected from the group consisting of: with audio signals and without audio signals.