Patent ID: 7111049
Filing Date: 2006-09-19
Classification: G10L,H04L,H04M

Abstract:
1. A computer product for use in conjunction with a computer system, the computer product comprising a computer readable storage medium and a computer program mechanism embedded therein, the computer program mechanism comprising: a receiving module for receiving a data structure that includes digitized speech from a transmitting forum participant in a forum; an analyzer module for analyzing said data structure to determine whether said digitized speech in said data structure is redundantly represented in a plurality of forms; a selection module for selecting one or more forms from said plurality of forms in said data structure when said digitized speech is redundantly represented in said data structure in said plurality of forms based on an aspect of said forum; a forwarding module for forwarding a portion of said data structure to a receiving forum participant, thereby communicating said digitized speech from said transmitting forum participant in said forum; said portion of said data structure that is forwarded to said receiving forum participant by said forwarding module includes data in said data structure that corresponds to each of said one or more forms selected by said selection module when said digitized speech is redundantly represented in said data structure in said plurality of forms.