SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR VOICE AND DATA COMMUNICATION

• US 20100322259A1
• Filed: 07/08/2008
• Published: 12/23/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 07/12/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Manovega Pte. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Manovega Communications Pte., Ltd.
• Inventors: Krishna, Rajat, Krishna, Raj, Garg, Hari Krishna
• Granted Patent: US 8,634,295 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 370/401
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/4015 where at least one of the additional parallel sessions is real time or time sensitive, e.g. white board sharing, collaboration or spawning of a subconference
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/70 Media network packetisation
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/756 adapting media to device capabilities
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/764 at the destination reformatting of additional data in video clients H04N21/4355
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/80 Responding to QoS
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/14 Multichannel or multilink protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/10 Connection setup
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/06 adapted for operation in multiple networks or having at least two operational modes, e.g. multi-mode terminals
• CPC Class Codes: Y02D 30/50 in wire-line communication networks, e.g. low power modes or reduced link rate

Abstract

A method, device, and system for conducting communication over one or more communication networks. The method comprises determining a number, A, of simultaneously receivable communication paths at a receiving device; and selecting, based on A, a version of data for reception from a plurality of available versions.

Claims

1. A method of conducting communication over one or more communication networks, the method comprising:

determining a number, A, of simultaneously receivable communication paths at a receiving device; and

selecting, based on A, a version of data for reception from a plurality of available versions.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising:

establishing the A communication paths between a transmitting device and the receiving device;

splitting a communication data stream for carrying the selected version of the data into L sub-streams;

transmitting the sub-streams via the A communication paths from the first device to the second device; and

combining the sub-streams for processing at the receiving device.

3. The method as claimed in claim 2, wherein the plurality of available versions comprise a master version and one or more derived versions from the master version.

4. The method as claimed in claim 3, wherein the master version comprises a master media file, and the derived versions differ from the master media file in one or more of a group consisting of resolution file format, audio format, video format, image format, color depth, and contrast.

5. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the data comprises a digitally encoded voice signal, and the plurality of versions comprise differently encoded versions of the voice signal.

6. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the plurality of versions include different encryption of the data.

7. The method as claimed in claim 2, wherein the plurality of versions include different encryption of the data and, wherein the encrypting is performed before the splitting step.

8. The method as claimed in claim 2, wherein the plurality of versions include different encryption of the data and, wherein the encrypting is performed after the splitting step.

9. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the plurality of versions include different encoding of the data.

10. The method as claimed in claim 2, wherein the plurality of versions include different encoding of the data and, wherein the encoding is performed before the splitting step.

11. The method as claimed in claim 2, wherein the plurality of versions include different encoding of the data and, wherein the encoding is performed after the splitting step.

12. The method as claimed in claim 2, wherein determining A comprises a hand shake between the receiving and the transmitting devices.

13. The method as claimed in claim 12, wherein the hand shake comprises user input at the receiving, transmitting or both devices.

14. The method as claimed in claim 2, wherein the transmitting device receives the selected version of the data from a source device.

15. The method as claimed in claim 14, wherein the source device is connected to the transmitting device via a high capacity link.

16. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the receiving device transmits the combined sub-streams to a destination device.

17. The method as claimed in claim 16, wherein the destination device is connected to the receiving device via a high capacity link.

18. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the communication paths comprise one of a group consisting of CDMA, GSM, 3G, UMTS, WI-FI, and WiMAX, LAN, cable, DSL, ADSL, Dial-up and UWB.

19. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the communication paths are provided by one or more service providers.

20. A method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the plurality of versions are provided by:

coding the data into B data streams at a transmitting device;

transmitting the data streams over B respective communication paths;

wherein one of the data streams is capable of being decoded into a first version of the data; and

wherein other ones of the data streams, in combination with said one data stream, are capable of being decoded into additional versions of the data.

21. The method as claimed in claim 20, further comprising decoding the data streams simultaneously received on the A communication paths into the selected version of the data.

23. The communication device as claimed in claim 20, further comprising:

means for establishing the A communication paths between said communication device and a transmitting device;

means for splitting a communication data stream for carrying the selected version of the data into A sub-streams;

means for combining the sub-streams received via the A communication paths from said transmitting device.

22. A communication device comprising:

means for determining a number, A, of simultaneously receivable communication path at a receiving device; and

means for selecting, based on A, a version of data for reception from a plurality of available versions.

24. A communication device comprising:

means for coding data into B data streams;

means for transmitting the data streams over B respective communication paths;

wherein one of the data streams is capable of being decoded into a first version of the data; and

wherein other ones of the data streams, in combination with said one data stream, are capable of being decoded into additional versions of the data.

25. A communication system for conducting communication over one or more communication networks, the system comprising:

means for determining a number, A, of simultaneously receivable communication paths at a receiving device;

means for selecting, based on A, a version of data for reception from a plurality of available versions.

26. The communication system as claimed in claim 25, further comprising:

means for establishing the A communication paths between the receiving and a transmitting devices;

means for splitting a communication data stream for carrying the selected version of the data into A sub-streams;

means for transmitting the sub-streams via the A communication paths from the transmitting device to the receiving device; and

means for combining the sub-streams for processing at the receiving device.

27. The communication system as claimed in claim 25, further comprising:

means for coding the data into B data streams at a transmitting device;

means for transmitting the data streams over B respective communication paths;

wherein one of the data streams is capable of being decoded into a first version of data; and

wherein other ones of the data streams, in combination with said one data stream, are capable of being decoded into additional versions of the data.

28. The communication system as claimed in claim 27, further comprising means for decoding the data streams simultaneously received on the A communication path into the selected version of the data.

29. A computer readable data storage medium having stored thereon computer code means for instructing a computer device to execute a method of conducting communication over one or more communication networks, the method comprising:

determining a number, A, of simultaneously receivable communication paths at a receiving device; and

selecting, based on A, a version of data for reception from a plurality of available versions.