Patent ID: 9326160
Filing Date: 2016-04-26
CPC Classification: H04B,H04M,H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method comprising: transmitting a packet stream that conveys a media waveform to a wireless terminal; receiving, from the wireless terminal, a text message comprising a measurement of a trait of a signal received by the wireless terminal, the signal representing at least a portion of the media waveform, wherein the trait is at least one of a temporal difference of each pair of multipath components of signals, or a round-trip time of signals, wherein the text message further comprises a text string generated by the wireless terminal via speech-to-text conversion of the signal, wherein the measurement is encoded into the text message based on a measurement value of the measurement; decoding, via a processor, the measurement from the text message and adjusting a value of a quality indication based on the measurement; presenting a status that is based on the value of the quality indication; and presenting the text string to a user.