Video Call Frame Capture with Embedded Identity
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Solution Overview
Problem
There is a need for an efficient and user-friendly method to capture and manage images from video calls in VoIP communication systems, as existing technologies do not adequately address the ability to capture and store visual content from video calls for later use or sharing.
Innovation Solution
A method and system for capturing a frame from a video call, converting it into an image file, embedding the remote user's communication identity, and storing it on a user terminal, allowing for later initiation of communication events such as voice calls, file transfers, or instant messaging conversations.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If video calling functionality is added to VoIP systems, then communication versatility is improved, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines video calling, image capture, and communication initiation functions into a single integrated system. The video client merges video stream processing, frame capture, image file conversion, and communication event initiation into one unified application, reducing the need for separate tools and simplifying the user experience while maintaining versatility.
Solution Approach 2:
The video client is designed as a multi-functional tool that not only captures images from video calls but also converts them to various formats, embeds communication identities, stores them automatically, and enables direct initiation of communication events. This universal approach allows a single system to handle multiple communication tasks, improving versatility without proportionally increasing complexity.
2Ease of operation
If image capture and management features are integrated into the video client, then ease of operation is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system automatically performs multiple tasks without user intervention: it captures frames at appropriate moments, converts them to image files, embeds the remote user's communication identity, and stores them in designated locations. This self-service approach simplifies operation for the user while the system handles the complexity internally through automated processing pipelines.
Solution Approach 2:
The system prepares communication identities and image conversion parameters in advance, so when a capture event occurs, the processing can proceed immediately without requiring user configuration. The communication identity of the remote user is extracted and ready for embedding before the actual capture moment, streamlining the operational flow.
3Loss of information
If communication identity is embedded in image files, then information retention is improved, but data processing complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system extracts the communication identity from the video stream metadata and embeds it as data within the image file structure. This copying approach preserves the identity information alongside the visual content, ensuring that both the image and its associated communication context are retained together as a single unit, improving information retention while using standard file embedding techniques.
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AI summary
A method of capturing an image from a video call between a first user and a remote user over a communication network. The method includes receiving video data from the remote user at a client executed at a user terminal of the first user, the video data comprising a sequence of frames; the client capturing a frame of the video data responsive to a command from the first user; the client extracting image data from the frame; the client converting the image data to an image file and embedding a communication identity of the remote user in the image file, wherein the communication identity is suitable for initiating a communication event with the remote user; and storing the image file on a storage means of the user terminal.