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Abstract

A handheld, wireless digital audio and/or video device that receives compressed media, decompresses the compressed media, and plays and/or displays the decompressed media. The receiver may be part of a system of handheld, wireless devices that compress, enhance, encode, transmit, decompress and display digital video images in real time. An enhanced iPod-type device includes wireless and/or cellular communications, a high-resolution display and a high-resolution video camera. Real time wireless videoconferences connect multiple handheld video devices. Real time compression and real time transmission is achieved. Real time decompression is achieved by decoding and decompressing the encoded data to display high quality images. A zoom control can be used select a portion of interest of video being captured and/or transmitted. The receiver may also have a touch sensitive display screen providing controls for video display and mobile telephone operation. In one embodiment, a handheld, wireless digital audio device is configured to receive compressed audio data from either a wireless satellite network or a wireless Internet data network.

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First Claim