Infrastructure for enabling high quality real-time audio
First Claim
1. A system for enabling a VoIP communication between network elements having dissimilar codecs, the system comprising:
- a VoIP phone having a first codec;
a gateway having a second codec, the second codec different and operatively incompatible with the first codec;
a media server having the first codec and the second codec, the media server receiving a VoIP communication from the VoIP phone, translating the VoIP communication from the first codec to the second codec and forwarding the VoIP communication to the gateway.
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Abstract
Various technologies and techniques are disclosed that improve media communications. In one embodiment, a media server receives a media communication with a first quality from a personal computer with VoIP telephone capabilities. The media server translates the media (e.g., audio, visual, etc.) communication into a second quality, and forwards the media communication to a communication gateway. The translation to improve communications can also be done when receiving the media communication from the communication gateway for forwarding to the persona computer having VoIP telephone capability. In some embodiments, a media server sits in the communication channel between a personal computer with VoIP telephone capabilities and a communication gateway and is able to translate communications into codec protocols they each understand.
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20 Claims
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1. A system for enabling a VoIP communication between network elements having dissimilar codecs, the system comprising:
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a VoIP phone having a first codec;
a gateway having a second codec, the second codec different and operatively incompatible with the first codec;
a media server having the first codec and the second codec, the media server receiving a VoIP communication from the VoIP phone, translating the VoIP communication from the first codec to the second codec and forwarding the VoIP communication to the gateway. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A media server for enabling VoIP communications between communication devices having incompatible codecs, comprising:
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a processor programmed to receive a VoIP communication encoded according to a first codec protocol;
decode the VoIP communication to generate audio data;
encode the audio data according to a second codec protocol, the second codec protocol functionally incompatible with the first codec protocol; and
transmit the VoIP communication encoded according to the second protocol to a network element having a capability to decode the second codec protocol. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A method of enabling a voice communication device to interoperate with network elements that have incompatible codecs, comprising:
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receiving a voice communication, the voice communication digitally coded according to a first protocol;
translating the voice communication from the first protocol to a second protocol, the second protocol distinct from, and incompatible with, the first protocol; and
transmitting the translated voice communication to a network element that is able to decode the second protocol but not the first protocol. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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