Patent ID: 9653082
Date: 2017-05-16
CPC Classifications: G10L

Claim:
1. A method comprising: coupling a first client to a server through the Internet, wherein the first client comprises a capability to receive audio speech from a user, at the first client after receiving the audio speech, the first client encodes the received audio speech, and after encoding the received audio speech, the first client transmits packets of encoded audio speech along with a first value to the server via the Internet; coupling a second client to the server through the Internet, wherein the second client comprises a capability to receive audio speech from a user, after receiving audio speech, the second client encodes the received audio speech, and after encoding the received audio speech, the second client transmits packets of encoded audio speech along to the server with a second value via the Internet; at a server, receiving packets of encoded audio speech from two or more clients; and at the server, servicing the encoded audio speech in an amount of processing time based on the first value received from the first client and the second value received from the second client, wherein the server comprises the capability to transmit responses to the first and second clients, and the response is a result of the server's servicing of the encoded audio speech based on the first and second values received from the clients.