Video-telephone answering set that stores a single picture of video message information

DETAILED DESCRIPTION We claim: 1.
A video-telephone answering set (BA) to be situated at a subscriber's location, comprising: a receiving means (DM) for receiving a first number of signals comprising at least a first video signal corresponding to a first picture and a second video signal corresponding to a second picture and a third signal, each one of these signals originating from an other subscriber; a comparing means (BD, SD) coupled to said receiving means (DM) for comparing at least two signals and for generating a result signal in response to a comparison result; a selecting means (SP, BC) coupled to said receiving means (DM) and to said comparing means (BD, SD) for, in response to said result signal, selecting a second number of signals, which second number of signals is smaller than said first number of signals, and which said second number of signals comprises at least one video signal, and which said second number of signals comprises at most one of said first and second video signals; and a storing means (HS) coupled to said selecting means (SP, BC) for storing said selected second number of signals.
2.
The video-telephone answering set (BA) according to claim 1, wherein said third signal is an indication signal originating from a user calling said video-telephone answering set (BA); wherein said at least two signals to be compared include said indication signal and a predefined signal stored in said video-telephone answering set (BA); and wherein said result signal indicates which one of said video signals should be selected and should be stored.
3.
The video-telephone answering set (BA) according to claim 2, wherein said comparing means comprises a signalling decoder (SD) for comparing said indication signal with said predefined signal.
4.
The video-telephone answering set (BA) according to claim 1, wherein said third signal is a third video signal corresponding with a third picture; wherein said at least two signals to be compared include a further indication signal originating from a user of said video-telephone answering set (BA) and a predefined signal stored in said video-telephone answering set (BA); and wherein said result signal indicates which one of said video signals should be selected and should be stored