Patent ID: 9591108
Date: 2017-03-07
CPC Classifications: H04L

Claim:
1. A method comprising: establishing, by a processor, a voice communication session between a first communication endpoint and a second communication endpoint; determining, by the processor, in the first communication endpoint, a network condition, wherein the determined network condition is based on a dropped or delayed test packet sent from the second communication endpoint that uses a same packet priority value as the voice communication session, wherein the first and second communication endpoints have user interfaces and are used by users to engage in the voice communication session; and in response to determining the network condition in the first communication endpoint, sending, by the processor, a message to the second communication endpoint that requests the second communication endpoint to change a process for sending packets in the voice communication session, wherein changing the process for sending packets comprises: having the second communication endpoint use a different packet priority value for the voice communication session, wherein the different packet priority value is a Differentiated Services Code Point (DSCP) value in an Internet Protocol (IP) packet, wherein an initial packet priority value of the voice communication session designates a voice communication session, and wherein the different packet priority value designates a video communication session while the voice communication session remains a voice communication session.