Image and audio controls for a communication device in push-to-video services

摘要

A method ( 300 ) and an apparatus ( 110 ) for a communication device for controlling an image portion and an audio portion of a push-to-video communication are disclosed. The communication device ( 110 ) initiates the push-to-video communication ( 304 ), establishes the push-to-video communication ( 306 ), transmits the image portion and the audio portion of the push-to-video communication ( 308 ), and makes control of at least one of the image and audio portions of the push-to-video communication available ( 310 ) for other communication devices involved in the push-to-video communication. The communication device ( 110 ), after making the control of at least one of the image and audio portions of the push-to-video communication available, continues to transmit the corresponding portions of the push-to-video communication ( 312 ). The communication device ( 110 ) relinquishes the control when one of the other communication devices takes the control.