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PACKET PRIORITIZATION AND ASSOCIATED BANDWIDTH AND BUFFER MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUES FOR AUDIO OVER IP

  • US 20080151886A1
  • Filed: 02/07/2008
  • Published: 06/26/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/30/2002
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system for transmitting voice communications over a data network, comprising:

  • (a) an input operable to receive a voice stream from a user, the voice stream comprising a plurality of temporally distinct segments;

    (b) a packet protocol interface operable to convert at least one selected first segment of the voice stream into at least a first packet; and

    (c) an acoustic prioritization agent operable to control processing of at least one of the first segment and the at least a first packet based on at least one of a level of confidence that the contents of the selected first segment are not the product of voice activity, a type of voice activity associated with the contents of the first segment, and a degree of acoustic similarity between the first segment and a second segment of the voice stream.

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