Video injection for video communication

摘要

A method for video communication comprises initiating video communication on a channel with a first electronic device, communicating first content on the channel with the first electronic device, selecting second content from a source external to the video communication, switching video communication using the second content, and transmitting the second content on the channel to the first electronic device instead of the first content.

主权项

1. A method for video communication, comprising:
initiating video communication with a first electronic device; communicating a first content stream with the first electronic device through a communication channel; receiving, by a first decoder of the first electronic device, the first content stream for playing the first content stream on the first electronic device; selecting second content stream from a remote streaming video source external to the video communication; receiving, by a second decoder of the first electronic device, the second content stream over the Internet from the remote streaming video source; switching video communication using the second content stream; transmitting the second content stream to the first electronic device replacing the first content stream, wherein the second content stream is injected into the communication channel; and automatically switching video communication back to the first content stream through the communication channel based on at least one of stopping the second content stream or ending of the second content stream.