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System and method for voice transmission over network protocols

  • US 7,830,866 B2
  • Filed: 05/17/2007
  • Issued: 11/09/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/05/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method for transmitting voice input from a presenting computer to one or more client computers over a computer network, comprising the steps of:

  • providing audio data input though an incoming audio capable device directly to the presenting computer, wherein the presenting computer establishes and maintains an open HTTP connection with a server through the Internet, wherein audio data input voice buffers are created and transmitted to the server via the open HTTP connection;

    monitoring the audio data to distinguish between periods of sound and periods of silence based on a threshold, preferably determined prior to the start of an internet conference, which is dependant on a particular speaker providing the audio data, determined by measuring the energy of a speaker'"'"'s sample audio data over a fixed interval and calculating a predetermined fraction of that energy;

    merging a frame buffer with a framed audio data and storing the audio data associated with the periods of silence and sound; and

    transmitting the audio data from said storing step to the client computers.

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