System and method for voice transmission over network protocols
First Claim
1. A method for transmitting audio data, the method comprising:
- inputting audio data into a presenting computer;
monitoring the audio data to distinguish between periods of sound and periods of silence;
storing the audio data associated with the periods of sound in a frame buffer having a predetermined size and whenever a period of silence is detected or the frame buffer is full, creating a voice buffer from the frame buffer;
transmitting the voice buffer to at least one client computer coupled to the presenting computer.
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Abstract
A system and method for voice transmission over high level network protocols. On the Internet and the World Wide Web, such high level protocols are HTTP/TCP. The restrictions imposed by firewalls and proxy servers are avoided by using HTTP level connections to transmit voice data. In addition, packet delivery guarantees are obtained by using TCP instead of UDP. Variable compression based on silence detection takes advantage of the natural silences and pauses in human speech, thus reducing the delays in transmission caused by using HTTP/TCP. The silence detection includes the ability to bookend the voice data sent with small portions of silence to insure that the voice sounds natural. Finally, the voice data is transmitted to each client computer, independently from a common circular list of voice data, thus insuring that all clients will stay current with the most recent voice data. The combination of these features enables simple, seamless, and interactive Internet conferencing.
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14 Claims
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1. A method for transmitting audio data, the method comprising:
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inputting audio data into a presenting computer; monitoring the audio data to distinguish between periods of sound and periods of silence; storing the audio data associated with the periods of sound in a frame buffer having a predetermined size and whenever a period of silence is detected or the frame buffer is full, creating a voice buffer from the frame buffer; transmitting the voice buffer to at least one client computer coupled to the presenting computer. - View Dependent Claims (2)
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3. A system for transmitting audio data comprising:
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a data store on a presenting computer for storing audio data; a recorder coupled to the data store, said recorder configured to monitor said data store to distinguish between periods of sound and periods of silence; wherein said recorder stores audio data associated with periods of sound in a frame buffer having a predetermined size and when said recorder detects a period of silence or when the frame buffer is full, said recorder compresses the frame buffer to create a voice buffer of a predetermined size and transmits said voice buffer to at least one client computer coupled to the presenting computer. - View Dependent Claims (4, 5)
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6. A method of transmitting audio data as part of a collaborative web browsing session comprising:
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inputting audio data into a presenting computer; monitoring the audio data to distinguish between periods of sound and periods of silence; storing the audio data associated with the periods of sound in a frame buffer having a predetermined size and whenever a period of silence is detected or the frame buffer is full, creating a voice buffer from the frame buffer; transmitting the voice buffer to at least one client computer coupled to the presenting computer. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8)
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9. A computer program product comprising a computer useable medium having a computer program instructions stored therein for enabling the transmission of audio data, wherein said computer program product comprises instructions for:
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receiving audio data at a presenting computer; monitoring the received audio data to distinguish between periods of sound and periods of silence; storing the audio data associated with the periods of sound in a frame buffer having a predetermined size and whenever a period of silence is detected or the frame buffer is full, creating a voice buffer from the frame buffer; transmitting the voice buffer to at least one client computer coupled to the presenting computer. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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