Patent ID: 9270784
Filing Date: 2016-02-23
CPC Classification: H03G,H04L,H04N

Claim Text:
1. A method for communicating at least voice, comprising: providing a first plurality of user terminals including at least a first master and a number of slaves, including at least a first slave and a second slave, at least said first master, said first slave and said second slave being parts of a particular peer-to-peer system, with said at least first master functioning differently than each of said first and second slaves, each of said plurality of user terminals having at least an audio input device and an audio output device, said first plurality of user terminals being associated with a first determined topology that relates to connections among them in said particular peer-to-peer system, wherein each master including said at least first master is a user terminal that has at least the following master functions: and each slave including said first slave and said second slave is a user terminal that has at least the following slave functions: processing audio data from said first slave using said at least first master to generate processed first slave audio data; processing audio data from said second slave using said at least first master to generate processed second slave audio data; sending at least said processed first slave audio data to said second slave using said at least first master; sending at least said processed second slave audio data to said first slave using said at least first master; and transitioning, while communications are occurring utilizing said first determined topology, from said first determined topology to a second determined topology associated with a second plurality of user terminals and with said second plurality of user terminals being different from said first plurality of user terminals, wherein said transitioning comprises: