Patent Document ID: 6119178
Application ID: 08977568
Patent Flag: 1

Claim One:
1. A multimedia communication arrangement communicating video and at least one other data type with a remotely-located video-communicator over a communication channel, comprising: a first interface arrangement configured and arranged to communicate compressed video and said at least one other data type to the remotely-located video-communicator using the communication channel; a second interface arrangement configured and arranged to provide power to and to exchange data with at least one of a variety of peripheral devices using a uniform protocol and a uniform connector; and a video data signal processor circuit configured and arranged to process the video data and send the video data along with said at least one other data type using the first interface arrangement, to determine a data rate at which to communicate using the second interface arrangement according to encoded information received via the first interface arrangement from said at least one of the variety of peripheral devices, and to communicate with said at least one of the variety of peripheral devices using the same second interface arrangement.