System and method for avoiding clipping in a communications system
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1. A method of eliminating or reducing clipping in a communication system comprising a transmitting device connected remotely to a receiving device where media data is sent in packets from said transmitting device to said receiving device comprising the steps of:
- a) providing a buffer at said receiving device, or between said transmitting device and said receiving device;
b) detecting that the receiving device is unable to render a stream of media packets sent from said transmitting device;
c) storing media packets from said stream of media packets in said buffer; and
d) reducing the size of said buffer when said receiving device is able to render said stream until buffer is substantially empty.
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Abstract
In a communication system, a buffer is provided at or between a transmitting device and a receiving device. When the transmitting device is unable to send a stream of media packets or the receiving device is unable to render the stream of media packets, the buffer stores the media packets, and the size of the buffer is reduced when the transmitting device is able to send the stream of media packets and/or the receiving device is able to render the stream of packets.
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1. A method of eliminating or reducing clipping in a communication system comprising a transmitting device connected remotely to a receiving device where media data is sent in packets from said transmitting device to said receiving device comprising the steps of:
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a) providing a buffer at said receiving device, or between said transmitting device and said receiving device;
b) detecting that the receiving device is unable to render a stream of media packets sent from said transmitting device;
c) storing media packets from said stream of media packets in said buffer; and
d) reducing the size of said buffer when said receiving device is able to render said stream until buffer is substantially empty. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method of eliminating or reducing clipping in a communication system comprising a transmitting device connected remotely to a receiving device where media data is sent in packets from said transmitting device to said receiving device comprising the steps of:
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a) providing a buffer at said transmitting device, or between said transmitting device and said receiving device;
b) detecting that the transmitting device is unable to send a stream of media packets to said receiving device;
c) storing media packets from said stream of media packets in said buffer; and
d) reducing the size of said buffer when said transmitting device is able to send a stream of packets to said receiving device until said buffer is substantially empty. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11)
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12. A network comprising:
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a) a receiving device logically connected to a transmitting device via signaling data; and
b) at least one buffer at said receiving device or between said transmitting device and said receiving device, wherein said at least one buffer contains a group of packets of media data from said transmitting device that cannot be immediately rendered at said receiving device, and wherein the size of said at least one buffer is reduced after said receiving device is able to render said group of packets of media data, until said at least one buffer is substantially empty. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A network comprising:
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a) a transmitting device logically connected to a receiving device via signaling data; and
b) at least one buffer at said transmitting device or between said transmitting device and said receiving device, wherein said at least one buffer contains a group of packets of media data from said transmitting device that cannot be immediately streamed to said receiving device, and wherein the size of said at least one buffer is reduced after a media data stream from said transmitting device to said receiving device is established, until said at least one buffer is substantially empty. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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