USER ATTRIBUTE DISTRIBUTION FOR NETWORK/PEER ASSISTED SPEECH CODING
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1. A method, comprising:
- selecting one or more sets of user attributes from among a stored plurality of sets of user attributes associated with a respective plurality of users of a communications system, wherein each set of user attributes can be used by each of a plurality of communication terminals to configure a configurable speech codec to operate in a speaker-dependent manner;
transmitting the selected set(s) of user attributes to a particular communication terminal via a network for storage and use thereby to configure a configurable speech codec of the particular communication terminal to operate in a speaker-dependent manner.
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Abstract
Systems, methods and apparatuses are described herein for distributing user attribute information about users of a communications system to communication terminals, which use the user attribute information to configure a speech codec to operate in a speaker-dependent manner during a communication session, thereby improving speech coding efficiency. In a network-assisted model, the user attribute information is stored on the communications network and selectively transmitted to the communication terminals while in a peer-assisted model, the user attribute information is derived by and transferred between communication terminals.
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1. A method, comprising:
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selecting one or more sets of user attributes from among a stored plurality of sets of user attributes associated with a respective plurality of users of a communications system, wherein each set of user attributes can be used by each of a plurality of communication terminals to configure a configurable speech codec to operate in a speaker-dependent manner; transmitting the selected set(s) of user attributes to a particular communication terminal via a network for storage and use thereby to configure a configurable speech codec of the particular communication terminal to operate in a speaker-dependent manner. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. An apparatus, comprising:
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a user attribute selection module that selects one or more sets of user attributes from among a stored plurality of sets of user attributes associated with respective users of a communications system, wherein each set of user attributes can be used by each of a plurality of communication terminals to configure a configurable speech codec to operate in a speaker-dependent manner; a user attribute distribution module that transmits the selected set(s) of user attributes to a particular communication terminal via a network for storage and use thereby to configure a configurable speech codec of the particular communication terminal to operate in a speaker-dependent manner. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A system, comprising:
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a communication terminal; and a server that selects one or more sets of user attributes from among a stored plurality of sets of user attributes associated with respective users of a communications system and transmits the selected set(s) of user attributes to the communication terminal; wherein the communication terminal stores the set(s) of user attributes received from the server for use in configuring a configurable speech codec of the particular communication terminal to operate in a speaker-dependent manner. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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